Physics 311: Mechanics



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UW-Madison Physics Department

Homework will be assigned and collected in class on Monday of each week.  No late homework will be accepted, since we intend to put solutions of the homework on the web.  Discussion sections on Thursday will be used for covering examples and going over specific question regarding the homework; this does not preclude using office hours for the same purpose. 

For numerical problems, I suggest starting with the IDL: Getting started manual for getting started in IDL.

 

Homework Assignments

Assignment  
Due Date
Problems
Solutions
Chapter
1
Sept 10
1-10,1-22, 1-27, Numerical
1
2
Sept 17
2-5, 2-14,1-31 Numerical Problem 1
2
3
Sep 26
2-24, 2-41,2-43,2-49,2-50
2
4
Oct 3
3-7, 3-10, 3-18, Numerical Problem 2
3
5
Oct 10
3-39,4-6,4-10 (start with pendulum.pro, odeint.pro),4-15 

Exercises: henon_map.pro, chirikov_map.pro, duffing.pro, logistic_map.pro

4
Oct 17
EXAM
6
Oct 26
5-3, 5-9, 5-13, 5-15, 5-19
5
7
Nov 2
6-1,6-2, 6-7,6-10, 6-11
6
8
Nov 9
7-4,7-7,7-15,7-31, 7-35
7
9
Nov 16
8-1, 8-8, 8-24, 8-33, 8-38
8
Nov 26
EXAM
9
10
Dec 7
10-1,10-5,10-6,10-8,10-13
10
11
Dec 14
11-3,11-5,11-9,11-20,11-29
11