Last modified: January 20, 2007

Physics 246 Mechanics II

Spring Semester 2007

• Syllabus  [pdf ( 61K)], last updated October 20, 2006
• Academic Calendar  (under construction)
• Homework (last updated December 30, 2006)
• Errata for the course textbook

• Printouts:

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  • Tensors I (pdf, [an error occurred while processing this directive])
  • Tensors II (pdf, [an error occurred while processing this directive])

• Administrative Information:

  • Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
  • UConn Registrar: Religious holidays
  • UConn Registrar: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act

• Online books:

  • Gerald Jay Sussman, Jack Wisdom, Meinhard E. Mayer, Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics
  • David Tong, Lectures on Classical Dynamics
  • J. B. Tatum, Classical Mechanics
  • Richard Fitzpatrick, Analytical Classical Mechanics
  • James Nearing, Mathematical Tools for Physics

• Online Computer Algebra Systems:

  • The Wolfram integrator, http://www.integrals.com/
  • Richard Fateman, TILU (Table of Integrals Look Up)
  • Online Computer Algebra System, powered by Maxima

• Useful Links:

  • Classical Mechanics Courses
  • Wikipedia, Classical Mechanics
  • Google Classical Mechanics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics with LEGO
  • The Chaos Hypertextbook
  • Calculus Resources On-line
  • Library of Math
  • An Introduction to Tensors for Students of Physics and Engineering

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