PHY311 Mechanik

Lectures:  

• Monday 08:00 - 09:45  Y16-G-05
• Thursday 08:00 - 09:45 Y16-G-05
• First lecture: Monday, 20.09.2021
• A video recording of each lecture will be posted on this web site the day after the lecture
• Last lecture: Monday, 20.12.2021  [remote lecture]

Exercise classes:

• The exercise classes start in the second week of the course, and they are organised in three groups. All exercise classes are held in English.
• First exercise class: Wednesday, 29.09.2021
• Publication of the exercises: Tuesdays (in this web page) 
• Return of the exercises by the students: At the latest on the following Wednesday, at the beginning of the corresponding exercise class. The solutions can be submitted via email by students not attending the exercise class.
• Zoom room for the online classes: zoom link
• In order to be admitted to the exam, at least 50% of the assignments must have been returned with acceptable solutions. 

Exam's details:

• The exam will be held Tuesday, 8th February 2022, at 9:00. Room: Y03-G-85
• The Winter 2022 exam, with solutions can be found here (PDF, 351 KB)

• The repetition exam will be held Tuesday, 12h July 2022, at 9:00. Room: Y36-J-33
• The exam will be a written test (duration 3 hrs.). 
• No books or electronic devices (phones, tables) allowed at the exam. 
• Only the sheet that you can find here (PDF, 320 KB), with various mathematical formulae (prepared by students in 2019), is allowed.

Lecture Notes for the full course can be found here (PDF, 5 MB)

• Return at least 50% of the exercise series with acceptable solutions.
• Sufficient performance in the final written exam.

• H. Goldstein: Classical Mechanics

• David Tong: Lectures on Classical Dynamics (Available here)

• V.I. Arnold: Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics
• L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifschitz: Mechanics (Course in Theoretical Physics Vol. 1)
• W. Greiner: Classical Mechanics (as exercise book)