Instructor: Philip B. Allen (room B146, email:
philip.allen@sunysb.edu, tel: 632-8179, office hours Tues. and Wed.
11:00-12:00) Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10:00-10:53, room
P128 Physics.
Classes
Begin:
Monday, August 27
Labor
Day - No Classes Monday-Tuesday, September 3-4 mid-term exam: Friday
October 12
Thanksgiving
Break:
Wednesday, November 21 - Sunday, November 25
Last
Day of Classes: Friday, December 7
Reading
Day: Monday, December 10
Final Exam: Monday, December
17, 8am – 10:45am
Physics 501 Homepage:
http://felix.physics.sunysb.edu/ allen/501/ Text:Mechanics, 3rd Edition
by L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz (Course of Theoretical Physics, vol 1.), Pergamon
Press, 1976.
Bulletin description:
Analytical classical mechanics including Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian formulations and the Hamilton-Jacobi theory.
Variational principles, symmetries, and conservative laws.
Selected advanced problems such as parametric and nonlinear
oscillations, planetary motion, classical theory of scattering,
rigid body rotation, and deterministic chaos. Basic notions of
elasticity theory and fluid dynamics.
The course will follow Landau and Lifshitz, omitting a little, and
adding some topics (chaos and/or fluid dynamics).
You should submit homeworks in class, or else by putting them into Liu's
mailbox by 12 noon on the due date. Graded homeworks will be
returned promptly in class, and solutions posted on the course web
page. No homeworks will be given
credit if submitted after the solutions are posted.
Homework: 10 homework problem-sets will be assigned over the
semester. The grader, Jian Liu, will graded and return them
promptly. Please do not fail to turn in homeworks simply because you
have not finished them on time. Instead, please submit the partial
work you have been able to complete on time, and move on to the next
assignment!
Exams: There will be a midterm exam in class on Friday October
12. The final exam will be on Monday December 17, 8:00-10:45am. Grade will be based on Homeworks (40%), midterm exam (15%),
class attendance (5%), and final exam (40%).
Office Hours In addition to the posted hours, Tues. (10-11
am) and Wed. (1-2 pm), I am in my office very often during each
week, and am happy to talk with Physics 501 students almost any
time. You can drop in, or make an appointment in class.
Americans with Disabilities Act: If you have a physical,
psychological, medical or learning disability that may impact your
course work, please contact Disability Support Services,
ECC(Educational Communications Center) Building, Room 128, (631)632-6748.
They will determine with you what accommodations, if any, are
necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation is
confidential.
Academic
Honesty: Discussions
with faculty and fellow students, etc. are strongly encouraged, but work
which is submitted for grading must be in your own words and
formulas. You should review the definition of plagiarism.
Here are the provost's words:
Academic Integrity: Each student must pursue his or her academic
goals honestly and be personally accountable for all submitted
work. Representing another person's work as your own is always
wrong. Faculty are required to report any suspected instances of
academic dishonesty to the Academic Judiciary. For more
comprehensive information on academic integrity, including
categories of academic dishonesty, please refer to the academic
judiciary website at http://www.stonybrook.edu/uaa/academicjudiciary/