Physics 105B: Classical Mechanics
Spring 2007

Lecture: TR 11:00-12:15 Bren 1414
Discussion: W 6:00-6:50 Phelps 3515

http://hep.ucsb.edu/people/claudio/ph105b-07/

Announcements:

Announcements will be listed below and also sent out via email. Announcements will go out through an email list managed by the registrar (aka u-list). It is your responsibility to make sure that your email address on file with the registrar is correct.

April 9th: possible change in Midterm date.
April 10th: advice on helpful material.
April 13th: Midterm rescheduled for May 10th.
April 18th: Change of TA office hours.
April 25th: Additional rigid body rotation material
May 2nd: Midterm Information.
June 15: Final has been graded

Contact Information:

Instructor	Claudio Campagnari
Email	claudio@hep.ucsb.edu
Office hours	T 10-11, or whenever you can find him
Office	Broida 5119, Phone 893-7567
Administrative Assistant	Debbie Ceder, dla@hep.ucsb.edu, Broida 5014, Phone 893-2058

Teaching Assistants	Amithab Virmani	Sung Bin Lee
Email	virmani@physics.ucsb.edu	sungbin@physics.ucsb.edu
Office hours (in PSC)	W 2-3 and F 2:30-4:30	M 9-11 and F 9-10
Office	Broida 6228, Phone 893-8689	Trailer 328E

Course Description:

Welcome to Physics 105B. This is the second quarter of upper division Classical Mechanics for Physics majors. This quarter we will cover the two body problem, physics in non-inertial frames of reference, rotation of rigid bodies, normal modes of oscillations, hamiltonian mechanics, collision theory, and special relativity. If time permits we will also talk about non linear systems and chaos.
The textbook is Classical Mechanics by John Taylor.

Homework:

Homework assignments will be posted weekly on this website. You will need to turn them in by placing them in the dedicated Physics 105B box on the 1st floor of Broida Hall (next to the PSC). Solutions to the homework will also be posted here after the due date.
Late homework will only be accepted with a Dr's note or equivalent.

Homework	Solutions
Homework 1	pdf
Homework 2	pdf
Homework 3	pdf
Homework 4	pdf
Homework 5	pdf
Homework 6	pdf
Homework 7	pdf
Homework 8	pdf
Homework 9	pdf
Homework 10 (Optional)	pdf

Exams:

There will be one midterm and one final exam. You will be allowed to bring two sheets of papers to the exams. No need to memorize formulas.
The midterm will be on Thursday May 10th, during regular class time. The final will be Wednesday June 13th, 12-3 pm.
If you miss the midterm with a Dr's note or equivalent, your grade will be based on the homework and the final only. If you miss the final (again with a Dr's note or equivalent), you will be assigned an "Incomplete", and you will take the final the next time that Physics 105B is offered, at which time the "Incomplete" will be turned into a letter grade. In other words: there will be no make-up exams.

Grading:

The grade for the course will be based on the homeworks (15%), the midterm (35%) and the final (50%).

Midterm:

Here you can find some practice questions for the midterm. And here you can find the solutions.
Here is the midterm. And here are the solutions.
Please pick up your graded midterm, plus misc. graded homeworks, from Debbie Ceder, Broida 5014
The distribution of midterm scores is shown below

Physics 105B: Classical Mechanics Spring 2007

Lecture: TR 11:00-12:15 Bren 1414 Discussion: W 6:00-6:50 Phelps 3515