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Lecture notes
Feynman Lectures
Part I: Classic Mechanics
Fundamental concepts
Lecture 1 : Physics as Natural Philosophy
Supplemental Material : Galileo Galilei Wikipedia
Supplemental Material : More is different
Lecture 2 : Vectors, scalar and cross products, rotations
Lecture 3 : Motion: Zeno's paradox, displacement, velocity and acceleration
Lecture 4 : Newton's laws of motion(I) -- Projectile motion with resistance
Lecture 5(I) : Newton's laws of motion(II) -- Oscillation
Lecture 5(II): Supplemental Material : Forced oscillation, resonance
Lecture 6 : Newton's laws of motion (III) -- Keppler's problem
Lecture 7 : Galileo transformation -- Inertial and non-inertial frames
Homework assignment
HW1 : Due Sept 5, 2023
HW2 : Due on Sept 12, 2023
HW3 : Due on Sept 18, 2022
HW4 : Due on Sept 27, 2022
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Lecture notes
Feynman Lectures
Part I: Classic Mechanics
Fundamental concepts
Lecture 1 : Physics as Natural Philosophy
Supplemental Material : Galileo Galilei Wikipedia
Supplemental Material : More is different
Lecture 2 : Vectors, scalar and cross products, rotations
Lecture 3 : Motion: Zeno's paradox, displacement, velocity and acceleration
Lecture 4 : Newton's laws of motion(I) -- Projectile motion with resistance
Lecture 5(I) : Newton's laws of motion(II) -- Oscillation
Lecture 5(II): Supplemental Material : Forced oscillation, resonance
Lecture 6 : Newton's laws of motion (III) -- Keppler's problem
Lecture 7 : Galileo transformation -- Inertial and non-inertial frames
Homework assignment
HW1 : Due Sept 5, 2023
HW2 : Due on Sept 12, 2023
HW3 : Due on Sept 18, 2022
HW4 : Due on Sept 27, 2022
Part I: Classic Mechanics
Fundamental concepts