The following table contains the homework assignments for Classical Mechanics for the fall, 2005 semester. They are taken from Classical Mechanics: A Modern Perspective by Barger and Olsson.

Aug 30	Chap 1 - 1,2; Read Section 6.4 in Serway	Sep 1	Chap 1 - 7,9; handout on 1D free fall; hand in 9 in chap 1
Sep 6	Chap 1 - 14,15; Read Section 15.1-2 and 15.6 in Serway	Sep 8	Chap 1 - 16,17; handout on oscillators; hand in 16 in chap 1
Sep 13	Chap 2 - 2,4	Sep 15	Chap 2 - 5,7,8,9,10; handout on molecular vibrations; hand in 4 and 8 in chap 2.
Sep 20	No Class	Sep 22	No Class
Sep 27	Chap 2 - 19,20; handout on the simple pendulum.	Sep 29	Chap 3 - 1,3
Oct 4	Chap 3 - 5a, 7a	Oct 6	Test 1
Oct 11	Chap 3 - 5b; handout 1-2.	Oct 13	No class.
Oct 18	Fall Break.	Oct 20	Chap 3 - 5c-d, 7b; hand in 7a-b.
Oct 25	Chap 4 - 9,10,12; handout on collisions 1-2.	Oct 27	Chap 4 - 15, 17, 20.
Nov 1	Handout on collisions - 3; hand in Chap 4 - 15; Rutherford scattering 1 handout; Chap 6 - 1,3; Read 5.1-5.2	Nov 3	Chap 5 - 1,3; Rutherford scattering 2 handout - no. 1.
Nov 8	Rutherford scattering 2 handout - no. 2,3.	Nov 10	Chap 5 - 20; hand in 20.
Nov 15	Chap 5 - 22	Nov 17	Test 2
Nov 22	Chap 6 - 3,4,5	Nov 24	Thanksgiving
Nov 29	Chap 6 - 6,8; Handout 1-3	Dec 1	Chap 8 - 1,2; Chap 9 - 8.
Nov 6	Chap 9 - 8,9; hand in 8-1.	Dec 8	Chap 8 - 15.

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