Phys 410 - Classical Mechanics
University of Maryland, College Park
Fall 2012, Professor: Ted Jacobson
Tentative course plan - will be adjusted during semester.

Numbers refer to book chapters (and sometimes sections).

Date Tuesday
Thursday
Aug. 20

1,4  Newton's laws, energy
Sept. 4,6
4      energy
6     calculus of variations
Sept. 11, 13
6,7   Lagrangian mechanics
7
Sept. 18, 20
7
7
Sept. 25, 26
7
7  Lagrange multipliers,    action in QM    
Oct. 2, 4
8  N & 2-body problem 8  2-body problem,
GR corrections & black holes, dark matter.
Oct. 9, 11
9 non-inertial frames, linear 9, 11  non-inertial frames, rotating;  coupled oscillators
Oct. 16, 18
11 coupled oscillators R (15) special relativity
Oct. 23, 25
review
EXAM 1
Oct. 31, Nov.1
R (15)
R (15)
Nov. 6, 8
R (15)
R (15)
Nov. 13, 15
general relativity GR, 13  Hamiltonian mech.
Nov. 20
13  

Nov. 27, 29
13
13, continuum mechanics
Dec. 4, 6
continuum mechanics
continuum mechanics
Dec. 11
review

Dec 14, Friday
8-10am
FINAL EXAM