8.09 | Fall 2014 | Undergraduate

Classical Mechanics III

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LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1–4 Review of Analytical Mechanics Problem Set 1 due one day before Lecture 4
5–7 Rigid Body Dynamics Problem Set 2 due one day before Lecture 6
8–9 Vibrations & Oscillations Problem Set 3 due one day before Lecture 8
9–13 Canonical Transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, and Action-Angle Variable

Problem Set 4 due one day before Lecture 10

Problem Set 5 due one day before Lecture 13

13–14 Perturbation Theory Problem Set 6 due one day before Lecture 14
15 Fluid Mechanics  
16 Midterm Exam Review  
Midterm Exam  
17–20 Fluid Mechanics (cont.) Problem Set 7 due one day before Lecture 20
21–26 Chaos

Problem Set 8 due one day before Lecture 21

Problem Set 9 due one day before Lecture 23

Problem Set 10 due one day before Lecture 26

Final Exam  

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