RES.8-009 | Summer 2017 | High School

Introduction to Oscillations and Waves

Calendar

Lecture 1: Mathematical Modeling and Physics

Problem Set 1 due

Lecture 2: Simple Harmonic Oscillator, Classical Pendulum, and General Oscillations

Lecture 3: Simple Harmonic Oscillator, Classical Pendulum, and General Oscillations (cont.)

Problem Set 2 due

Lecture 4: Damped Oscillations

Lecture 5: Driven Oscillations

Problem Set 3 due

Midterm Exam  

Lecture 6: Coupled Oscillations

Lecture 7: Wave Equation and Standing Waves

Problem Set 4 due

Lecture 8: Traveling Waves and Boundary Interactions

Lecture 9: Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves

Problem Set 5 due

Lecture 10: Linear Dynamics

Problem Set 6 due

Final Exam

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