Physics 303 - Analytical Mechanics
Announcements
Lectures
Mon , Wed, Fri 3:20pm-4:15pm
Room: Physics P-122
(1st class: Mon Aug 27,
last class: Wed Dec 12)
Recitation
Wed 4:20pm-5:30pm,
Room: Physics P-122
Course Instructor
Dr. Ralf Rapp
Office
: C-140 (Physics)
Office-Hrs: Tue 2-4pm, Fri 11am-1pm
Phone
: 632-8128
E-mail
: rapp@tonic.physics.sunysb.edu
Teaching Assistant
Zhenguo Wang
Office
: C-123 (Physics)
Office-Hrs: Wed
1-3pm, Thu 12noon-1:30pm
E-mail
: zwang@grad.physics.sunysb.edu
Text
The course will be largely based on
the book
Analytical Mechanics (Sixth Edition)
by G.R. Fowles and G.L. Cassiday
It is strongly recommended that students
possess their own copy of the book (can be
ordered at the Stony Brook bookstore).
Scope
PHY303 is mainly intended for undergraduate
students majoring in physics, physical
science or engineering. Recommended
prerequisites are successful completion of
PHY251 and MAT303, MAT305 or AMS361.
The credit range is up to 3 credits.
The course will cover the essential
elements and applications of (advanced)
Newtonian Mechanics, as well as an
introduction to the more modern framework of
Lagrangian Mechanics.
A preliminary syllabus of the course
(including tentative exam dates) can be
found here.
You can follow the actual progress
of the lectures here.
Grading
The total course grade will be decomposed as follows:
Homework
Each Wednesday a set of 3-6 homework
problems will be assigned (handed out in
class and available on the web via
the link below) which are due the following
Wednesday (to be turned in at the
beginning of class). Cooperative work and
discussions are encouraged, but every
student has to hand in his individual solution set.
Grading of the homework will be performed
by the teaching assistant.
Related questions can be addressed
to both him and the course instructor.
The assignments and due dates can
be checked here.