Course Materials

Pages in this section:

• 01 - Overture: What is Classical Physics?
• Homework 1 (Due 23 Jan)
• Weekly Course Materials
• 02 - Computing is a Necessary Tool for Science
• Assignments Overview
• 03 - What is Mathematical Modeling?
• 04 - Why does fluid drag complicate things?
• 05 - Conservation Laws Govern and Constrain our Physics
• 06 - Nature Often Seeks Stability
• 07 - Introducing Nonlinear Dynamics
• 08 - Oscillations, Cycles, and Nature's Recurrences
• 09 - Driving Oscillators and Resonance Phenomenon
• 10 - Investigating Systems that Exhibit Chaotic Dynamics
• 11 - Reformulating Classical Mechanics using the Calculus of Variations
• 12 - The Core Principle of Classical Mechanics? The Principle of Least Action
• 13 - Applying the Lagrangian Formulation
• 14 - Classical Mechanics Thus Far