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This is the website for Classical Mechanics, Physics 507.
About the text:
The main text is my textbook, Classical Mechanics,
which you can print from the web. See
Getting the text.
Not everyone likes my book, and you can find the same material
in many published textbooks. The most standard, but rather old,
is Goldstein, the latest version of which is
Goldstein, Poole and Safko, Classical Mechanics, third edition.
Some material, such as motion in phase space, is treated more extensively
in Percival and Richards, Introduction to Dynamics.
Differential forms are only grudgingly addressed in the latest Goldstein,
but are
treated extensively in Arnold, Mathematical Methods of Classical
Mechanics
I will try to point you to the relevant sections of other books as
we proceed.
More generally, all course information is
available on these web pages, accessible by the links on the right.
You should begin by reading the "General Course Information".
Students are responsible for knowing whatever is posted on these pages.
To help you be aware of any changes, an updated
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and recent announcements will be posted here. Links which are not ready
will be shown in orange.
Announcements
Final Exam will be held in SEC (not ARC) 207, Dec. 21, 1:00-5:00 PM.
You are allowed to bring your own notes and copies you have made of my
notes, but not textbooks. You are allowed a calculator. All
communication devices are not allowed --- cell phones must be turned
off and placed in an inaccessible place.
Please see the announcement page for
the insert for section 5.2, additions to the solution for
homework problem 5.3, and the exam announcement
Classes meet in ARC 207 on Mondays and Thursdays, 10:20-11:40 AM.
Please come on time!.
Students with Disabilities:
Please see
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities and talk to me.
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