During AY 2014/15 Sem 1, all announcements for PC2132 will be posted here.
Students enrolled in PC2132 are advised to bookmark this page and are expected
to check for announcements regularly.
Lectures are held in LT 50 in UTown, Tuesdays and Fridays, 12:00-1:35pm.
First lecture on Tuesday, 12 August; last lecture on Friday, 14 November.
1st Class Test: Tuesday, 30 September, 12:05-1:30pm, in LT 31.
2nd Class Test: Tuesday, 28 October, 12:05-1:30pm, in LT 31.
Exam: Tuesday, 2 December, 1-3pm (date to be confirmed, venue to be announced).
There are weekly tutorial sessions in groups of up to 18 students each;
group composition, schedule, and venue to be announced;
first sessions in week 2.
Problem sets are posted in the
In each problem set there is one Exercise marked for submission of a written
solution.
Each week, the solutions are collected
The lecture notes are posted in the
These notes are for the students enrolled in PC2132 only; distribution
to others is not permitted.
Other than that, no particular textbook is assigned to the module.
Students who wish to read/consult textbooks in addition are encouraged
to do so, whereby any textbook of their liking is OK. There are many
good books on classical mechanics, some more elementary, others more
advanced, including the following:
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A seasoned text that has seen several editions,
first with Marion as the sole author,
most recently with Thornton as the first author.
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A very popular textbook, also with several editions.
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Some students of previous batches found this text more accessible
than others.
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Outstanding, a real treat.
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A classic text by a great master.
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A classic text that is a bit advanced; recommended reading after
you have taken PC2132.
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The first volume of the famous Landau-Lifshitz series. Like
Goldstein's book it is a bit advanced but surely worth reading
when you are ready for it.
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