Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford UK
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Lecturer

In Spring 2012 this module will be taught by Dr Anne Skeldon.

Announcements

The lectures for Classical Dynamics will begin in week 2 of the Spring Semester. The Classical Dynamics module uses some of the material that you have learned as part of the Algebra module and some from Calculus. In preparation for the module it would be a good idea to revise:

• Chapter 2 of the Algebra (MAT1031) notes. This chapter introduces vectors, and we will be using vectors throughout the Classical Dynamics module.
• Solution of first and second order differential equations from Calculus (MAT1030).

Notes for the module will be distributed at the first lecture, but if you want to take a look at them in advance, you can access them in the "Notes" section below.

Class Details

Day	Time	Room	Teaching weeks
Monday	2-3	LTL	Weeks 2, 3 and 4
Thursday	9-11	LTE	Weeks 2-11
Friday	11-12	LTL	Weeks 2-11

Assessment

In addition to the final examination, there will be two class tests each worth 12.5%.

• Test 1 is on Thursday 22nd March (week 7).
• Test 2 is on Thursday 17th May (week 11). It will be in our normal lecture room, LTE. In order to allow plenty of space around each of you, there will be two sessions as follows
  • 9am-9:50am. Those whose family names (surnames) begin with the letters K-Z.
  • 10am-10:50am. Those whose family names (surnames) begin with the letters A-J.

Unassessed Assignments

• Exercise sheet for 20/02/12 and 23/02/12
• Assignment 1 due 2/03/12
• Exercise sheet for 1/03/12
• Assignment 2 due 3/05/12

Solution sheets

• Solutions for assignment 1
• Matlab code for the plot in assignment 1
• Solutions to the exercises at the end of Chapter 1
• Solutions to the exercises at the end of Chapter 2
• Solutions to the exercises at the end of Chapter 3
• Solutions to the exercises at the end of Chapter 4
• Solutions for assignment 2
• Solutions to the exercises at the end of Chapter 5

Solutions for the other exercise sheets may be collected from me once you have attempted the exercise sheet.

Notes

Notes for the module

• Notes

Further resources

The library contains a number of books on classical dynamics. Some that you may find helpful are:

• Berry, Graham, Holland, Porkess, "Mechanics 1", shelf mark 531.01BER. This does not include anything on motion in polar coordinates or angular motion, but is a good introduction to the first part of the module.
• Spiegel, "Theoretical Mechanics", shelf mark 531.01SPI. Chapters 1-5. This contains lots of worked examples.
• Chester, "Mechanics", shelf mark 531CHE. Chapters 1-7.
• Taylor, "Classical Mechanics, shelf mark 531TAY. Chapters 1-5. Note there is a different book by the same author with the same shelf mark called Mechanics: classical and quantum, this is not the book I mean

There are also various web guides around. For example

• Classical Mechanics: An introductory course

There is a very enjoyable presentation given by Doug Arnold, ex-president of SIAM, about the mathematics of golf. This includes a discussion of projectile motion, drag and coefficients of restitution here

Past examination papers

Past examination papers for MAT1009 can be found by following the link Current students >>Level 1>>Past Exam papers.

Please note that in the exams for 2011/12 there will be four questions (not five) on the exam paper. You will need to do three out of the four questions.

Here are answers for the exam 2009/10.

• Answers to the 2009/10 exam.

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