![]() ![]() In lieu of a traditional discussion section or office hours, I have reserved classrooms at the following times so that you can work with Grace, with me, or with each other if you wish:.Just make sure that what you turn in is honestly the result of your own reasoning. Working cooperatively on homework achieves both of these aims. In any case, two of the best ways to learn physics are by solving practice problems and by explaining physics to someone else.This works far better if you first try to work through each question on your own, then team up with a friend to trade ideas, then compare your solutions once you’ve both solved the problem.If you work through a problem together with a friend at a blackboard, that’s great, but you should then both go and write up your own solutions separately (not just mindlessly copying line-by-line what you wrote on the board).Copying solutions, whether from your classmates or from other sources, is unacceptable, and constitues academic dishonesty, which Penn takes very seriously. Discussing the homework problems with your classmates is strongly encouraged, but all work that you turn in must be the result of your own thinking.You should consider doing these two things in any case, because you are likely to gain more from the course by discussing the homework problems with me, Grace, and your classmates.coming to the Wednesday/Thursday afternoon study sessions for help.forming a study group with one or more of your classmates.If the homework takes you much longer than this, consider:.If the homework takes you less time than this, you should do the extra-credit problems for an added challenge.The homework problems should take you about 5 to 7 hours to complete.There will be a homework assignment due once per week, at the start of Friday’s class.in addition, extra-credit problems can boost your overall score by up to 5%.15% - midterm exam (Mar 26, in class): emphasize chapters 7,8,9.5% - problems worked on cooperatively in class (about one per week): scaled to min(0.90,raw_score)/0.90.10% - completing weekly reading assignments with online feedback (most Mondays).45% - weekly problem sets (most Fridays).(you can bring one hand-written 3x5 card of notes) Optional/xc read ch16 (continuum mechanics): questions Read/skim fluids chapters from Feynman lectures v2ch40 and v2ch41: questions Read Feynman/Hibbs supplement (skim ch1, read 2.1-2.3): questions ![]() Optional/xc read ch14 (collision theory, 29pp): questions Read ch12 (nonlinear mechanics and chaos, 55pp): questions Read David Morin’s chapter 15 (the Hamiltonian method, 32pp): questions Read ch13 (Hamiltonian mechanics, 29pp): questions Read ch11 (coupled oscillators and normal modes, 30pp): questions (you can bring one hand-written 3x5 card) Read (finish) ch10 (last 14pp of chapter, starting by re-reading section 10.7): questions Read (start) ch10 (rotational motion of rigid bodies, first 30pp, sections 10.1 through 10.7): questions ![]() Read ch9 (mechanics in non-inertial frames, 32pp): questions Read ch8 (two-body central-force problems, 26pp): questions XC: Feynman Lectures II-19: Principle of Least Action Read (finish) ch7 (Lagrange’s equations, last 13pp): questions Read (start) ch7 (Lagrange’s equations, first 30pp): questions Reading/exercises from Hands-on start to Mathematica: questions Read ch6 (calculus of variations, 15pp): questions Recommended: download Mathematica & watch/do screencast (35 min) Read ch3 (momentum & angular momentum, 15pp): questions Read ch 1+2 (newton’s laws, 30pp projectiles & charged particles, 28pp): questions Homework PDFs, class notes/slides, etc.If you don’t see me there, feel free to text or email. drop in any time you see my door open (but not MWF before class!).Up-to-date version of this page can be found at.Physics 351 : Analytical Mechanics University of Pennsylvania - Spring 2018 ![]()
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