December 6, 2020
The first version of worksheet #15 has been
added to both the repository and the website.
December 5, 2020
The final homework set has been added to the repository and
the website.
November 28, 2020
Homework #13 is online.
November 25, 2020
The template for the final computational project is online.
November 22, 2020
The first version of worksheet #13 has been
added to both the repository and the website.
November 20, 2020
Homework #12 is online.
November 15, 2020
Added a first version of worksheet #12 to the
repository and the website.
November 13, 2020
Homework #11 is online. More solutions have been
added to the repository.
November 8, 2020
Added a first version of worksheet #11 to the
repository and the website. Updated solutions and exam preparation problems in the repository.
November 1, 2020
Added a first version of worksheet #10 to the
repository and the website.
October 31, 2020
Homework #9 has been posted and added to the repository.
October 26, 2020
The template for the second computational project has been added.
October 25, 2020
A first version of worksheet #9 has been added to the
repository and posted to the website.
October 22, 2020
Homework #8 has been posted and added to the repository. Recent
solutions have been added to the repository as well.
October 18, 2020
A first version of worksheet #8 has been posted.
October 17, 2020
Homework #7 has been posted and added to the repository.
October 16, 2020
The results of the midterm are accessible on Gradescope.
October 11, 2020
The first version of worksheet #7 has been posted.
October 9, 2020
Homework #6 has been posted.
October 4, 2020
Posted worksheet #6 and a demo for the cycloidal pendulum. The
included group exercises are intended as additional practice problems - solutions will be available within
the next couple of days.
September 30, 2020
Solutions for worksheet #4 and several midterm practice problems (with solutions) have been added to the
repository.
A paper on the derivation of the electromagnetic interaction of particles and Maxwell’s equations (!) from the gauge invariance of Lagrangians has been added to the literature (see lecture materials or repository).
September 26, 2020
The first version of worksheet #5 has been posted.. Worksheet #4 has been updated with comments from Friday’s class meeting.
September 24, 2020
Homework #4 has been posted. Solutions for worksheet #3 have been added to the course
repository.
September 19, 2020
Posted first version of worksheet #4 and the template for the first
computational project.
September 17, 2020
Added a numerical variational calculus demo to the worksheets page and the repository.
September 16, 2020
Homework #3 has been posted. Solutions for worksheet #2 have been added to the course
repository.
September 14, 2020
Worksheet #3 has been updated to fix a mistake in problem G8,
and provide additional hints.
September 13, 2020
The first version of worksheet #3 has been posted.
September 11, 2020
Homework #2 has been posted.
September 10, 2020
Worksheet #2 has been updated with a discussion of D’Alembert’s principle.
September 9, 2020
Solutions to worksheet #1 have been added to the repository.
September 8, 2020
Worksheet #2 has been posted. Submission of homework on Gradescope is now open.
September 4, 2020
Added office hours and updated the description of Git workflows.
September 3, 2020
The first homework and worksheet have been posted. Please have a look at the discussion parts of the worksheet ahead of the next class meeting. Note: I will most likely replace the potential in problem G2 with a different one to simplify the math and reduce the time requirements. Problem G2 has been updated.
September 2, 2020
Fixed broken links in Lecture Materials.
September 1, 2020
More updates to the website. Email invitations for the GitLab repositories and the Slack channel have been sent.
August 31, 2020
Website update for FS20 is in progress - check back periodically. In the mean time, you can find the website for
the FS19 version of the course here.