Week 6
last edited on Thu, Feb 05th, 2009, 01:55:33 pm| Date | Time and Location | Activity |
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| Monday Feb 09 |
9:00-10:00 am Lab II 2242 |
Non-Linear Dynamics Lecture Topics: Poincare-Bendixon Applications Reading: Strogatz 7.3 |
| 10:00-11:00 pm Lab II 2242 |
Vector Calc Lecture Topic: Stokes Law Reading: Boas 6.11 |
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| 11:00-12:00 pm Lab II 2242 |
Relativity Lecture Topic: The Equivalence Principle Reading: Hartle 6.1-6.3 |
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| 1:00-2:30 pm Lab 2 2242 |
Seminar: Black Holes and Time Warps, Thorne pp 258-396 |
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| 3:00-5:00 pm Lab 2 2242 |
Optional Tutorial | |
| Tuesday Feb 10 |
9:00-10:00 am Lab II 2242 |
Non-Linear Dynamics Lecture Topic: Relaxation Oscillators Reading: Strogatz 7.4-7.5 |
| 9:00-11:00 pm Lab II 2242 |
Vector Calc Lecture/Workshop Topic: Curvilinear Coordinates Reading: Boas 10.8 and 10.9 Homework Due: Boas Ch 6.10 Ex 1,4,7,8,10,16 |
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| 1:00-4:00 pm CAL East |
Computer Lab | |
| Wednesday Feb 11 |
9:00-10:00 am Lab II 2242 |
Vector Calc Lecture Topic: Vector Spaces Reading: Boas 3.10 |
| 10:00-12:00 pm Lab II 2242 |
Relativity Lecture/Workshop Topic: Spacetime Geometry of Newtonian Gravity Reading: Hartle 6.4-6.6 |
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| 1:00-3:00 pm Lab II 2242 |
Optional Tutorial | |
| Thursday Feb 12 |
9:00-11:00 am Lab II 2242 |
Non-Linear Dynamics Lecture/Workshop Topic: Weekly Non-Linear Oscillators Reading: Strogatz 7.6 Homwork Due: Strogatz Ch 6.7 Ex 2,3,4 7.1 Ex 2 Ch 7.2 Ex 7,10 Blanchard and Devaney: Ch 5.4 Ex 13,15,19 |
| 11:00-12:00 pm Lab II 2242 |
Relativity Lecture Topic: Curved Spacetime Reading: 7.1-7.3 |
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| 1:00-3:00 pm Lab II 2242 |
Relativity Workshop Homework Due: Hartle Ch 2 Ex 3,5,7,9 Ch 3 Ex 4,5,6 Ch 6 Ex 3,5,8 |