Welcome to Physics 313, Classical Mechanics!

On this page, you can find:

  • the syllabus
  • links to all of our weekly course material, in the table below

office hours:

  • Monday 3:30-4:30pm SENG 306
  • Wednesday 11am-12pm SENG 208b
  • Friday 12-1:30pm SENG 208b

Key due dates:

  • Attend each class to complete the in-class activity for credit.
  • Homework is due Friday at the beginning of class each week.
  • Midterm exams on Wednesday 10/14 and Wednesday 11/18.
  • Final exam Wednesday 12/16 8am-11am SENG 306.

Materials

Date Topic Lecture Taylor Homework
9/2/26 Intro L1 1,2  
9/4/26 Beyond Newton’s Laws L2 4 HW0, due 9/11. soln
9/9/26 Calculus of variations L3 6.1-6.2 –
9/11/26 Calculus of variations L4 6.3-6.5 HW1, due 9/18
9/14/26 Lagrangian mechanics L5 6.4-6.5, 7.1 –
9/16/26 Lagrangian mechanics L6 7.1-7.2 –
9/18/26 Lagrangian mechanics L7 7.2-7.3 HW2, due 9/28
9/21/26 Lagrangian mechanics tutorial, soln 7.5 –
9/23/26 Lagrangian mechanics L8 7.5 –
9/25/26 Equilibrium Points L9 ex 7.6 HW3, due 10/2