Instructor: Emil Yuzbashyan
Office: Serin E 270
E-mail: eyuzbash at physics dot rutgers dot edu
Office hour: TBD
Lectures: Mondays and Thursdays, 12:10 - 1:30 pm, Hill Center, rm 009 (in the basement)
To benefit most from the lectures, it's best to read the text ahead of lecture. Then, you can ask questions that wouldn't otherwise come up. Don't hesitate to ask questions during and after lectures. Outside of lectures you can always reach me by e-mail.
Text: H. Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, Addison Wesley, 3rd edition, ISBN-10: 9780201657029
Also consider L. D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, Mechanics, Butterworth Heinemann, 3rd edition
Syllabus: My current plan is to cover Goldstein, Chapters 1-6, 8, 9, and 10. If there is a strong interest on your part (let me know), we can cover Chapter 7 (Special Relativity) and/or Chapter 10 (Classical Chaos) and/or Chapter 13 (Classical Field Theory). But then we'll have to skip something, e.g., Chapters 4 & 5 (Rigid Body Mechanics).
Exams: TBD (midterm & final or just final)
Grade breakdown between homework and exams: TBD
Homework: See the Canvas page for homework assignments, solutions, and due dates.
Please send any comments about this page to eyuzbash at physics dot rutgers dot edu