Physics 125: Classical Physics A

Schedule

Class meetings

We have formulated a preliminary range of sections to be covered in each lecture as indicated in the table below. An X indicates classes are not in session. The course will cover the chapters 1-12 of the book. See the additional comments in the second table.

All homeworks are due in the recitation section of the week following the assignment. For example, the HW1 is due in recitations of the week of January 30. Solutions to homeworks will be posted on Thursdays. Please, click on the homework number to see solutions. Problems with * wil not be graded.


Date Monday Wednesday Friday Topics Lab Homework
1-23-2006 1.1-1.3 1.4 - 1.5 1.6 - 1.8 Units, physical quantities, and vectors. No laboratories HW1: 1.6, 1.14, 1.28, 1.38
1-30-2006 1.9-1.10 2.1 - 2.2 2.3 - 2.4 Motion along a straight line. #1 Measurement Using
Trigonometry and Vectors		 HW2: 1.50, 1.52, 1.54, 2.2,
2.8, 2.10, 2.18, 2.24
2-6-2006 2.4 - 2.5 3.1 - 3.3 3.3 - 3.4 Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions. #2 Acceleration HW3: 2.34, 2.40, 2.42,
3.2, 3.4, 3.46*, 3.8
2-13-2006 3.4 - 3.5 4.1 - 4.3 4.4 - 4.6 Newton's Laws. #3 Projectile Motion HW4: 3.12, 3.16, 3.26, 3.28,
3.30, 3.32, 3.41*, 3.42
2-20-2006 5.1-5.2 5.2-5.3 5.3-5.4 Applying Newton's Laws. Work. #4 Newton's Second Law HW5: 4.12, 4.22, 5.8a, 5.10,
5.15*, 5.16, 5.20, 5.56
2-27-2006 5.4 review
Ch 1-5		 Midterm
exam 1		 Dynamics of circular motion. Review Chs. 1-5 Midterm 1, Friday 3/3,
arrange makeup for labs 1-4 with lab instructor		 No homework
3-6-2006 6.1-6.3 6.3-6.4 7.1 Work and energy. Potential energy and energy conservation. #5 The Conical Pendulum,
Uniform Circular Motion		 HW6: 6.2, 6.16, 6.24,
6.30, 6.42, 6.48, 6.50
3-13-2006 7.2-7.3 7.3-7.5 8.1-8.2 Potential energy and energy conservation.
Momentum and impulse.		 #6 Conservation of Energy HW7: 7.4, 7.8, 7.14,
7.16, 7.18, 7.30, 7.34, 7.38
3-20-2006 8.3-8.4 8.4-8.5,8.6* 9.1 Momentum, impulse, and collisions.
Rotation of rigid bodies.		 #7 Conservation of Linear Momentum HW8: 8.6, 8.14, 8.26,
8.32, 8.36, 8.38, 8.94
3-27-2006 9.2-9.3 review
Ch 6-9.3		 Midterm
exam 2		 Rotation of rigid bodies. Midterm 2, Friday 3/31,
arrange makeup for labs 5-7 with lab instructor		 No homework
4-3-2006 9.4-9.5,9.6* 10.1-10.3 10.3-10.4 Dynamics of rotational motion. #8 Conservation of Angular Momentum HW9: 9.8, 9.10, 9.24,
9.34, 9.40, 9.50, 9.52, 9.74
4-10-2006 X X X Spring break X X
4-17-2006 10.4-10.6 10.6-10.7, 11.1 11.2-11.3 Rotational motion. Elasticity. no lab; recover from spring break HW10: 10.2, 10.8, 10.14, 10.22,
10.30, 10.36b, 10.38, 10.46
4-24-2006 11.3-11.4 11.4-11.5 11.5,12.1 Equilibrium. Gravitation. #9 Young's Modulus HW11: 11.1*, 11.2, 11.6, 11.14, 11.42,
11.24, 11.32*, 11.40, 12.8, 12.14
5-1-2006 12.2-12.4 12.4-12.5, 12.8 review
Ch 12		 Gravitation. arrange makeup for labs 8-9 with lab instructor HW12*: 12.18*, 12.25*, 12.28*, 12.30*,
12.32*, 12.55*
5-8-2006 X X X Review session
Tuesday, May 9, 3-5pm, P-113		 X Ch.1-12:
5-15-2006 Final Grades X Final exam
Monday, May 15,
8:00-10:30am, room Old Chemistry 116		 X Ch.1-12:


Recitations

R01, Monday, 12:50-1:45pm, P-125
Prof. Alexander Abanov

R02, Wednesday, 12:50-1:45pm, P-112
Prof. Peter Koch

R03, Monday, 3:50-4:45pm, P-125
Saul Lapidus

Labs

Many weeks a laboratory experiment will be performed. During weeks with an exam, no lab will be held.

The labs themselves are available for free by download in PDF format. You have to download and bring the description of the experiment to the lab.

L01, Monday, 1:50-3:50pm, A-126
Kathryn Tschann-Grimm

L02, Wednesday, 1:50-3:50pm, A-126
Kathryn Tschann-Grimm

L03, Monday, 4:50-6:50pm, A-126
Xiaoxu Lu

L04, Tuesday, 6:50-8:50pm, A-126
Xiaoxu Lu

Exams

The course will feature two midterm exams and one final exam. The schedules for these exams are listed in the table below. A calculator will be allowed during the exam.  Formula sheets will NOT be attached to the exam and are forbidden. A set of all necessary formulas will be posted on the web prior to any exam, and the important ones should be memorized.  Exams will include the need to extract information from a graph and/or present it on a graph.  Exams will also include questions related to experiments done in the lab.   Practice problems and their detailed solutions will also be posted.

Exam Date Time & Place
Midterm 1 Friday 3-3-2006 8:30-9:25am, P-113
Midterm 2 Friday 3-31-2006 8:30-9:25am, P-113
Final Monday 5-15-2006 8:00-10:30am,
room: old Chemistry 116