Dynamics

Part IB Advanced Physics Course

Course Synopsis
Lecture notes
Exercises
·	Solutions
·	More Physics Fun
Further information
·	History of Dynamics
·	Precession of the earth
·	Planetary dynamics
·	Harrison's clocks
·	Anecdotes
·	Gravitational Slingshot
·	Voyager
·	Lagrange Points
·	Rigid bodies
Administrative stuff
·	Typos in the textbook
·	Finding the textbook
·	Software
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2000 Lecture notes
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Lecture notes from 1999

A small number of handouts were distributed in lectures. My scanned lecture notes are available below.

Lecture 1.	| Course synopsis. | Handout 2 (Reading recommendations and rough lecture plan).
Lecture 2.	| H3: Numbers suitable for use on backs of envelopes (html) / (postscript) | H4: About dimensional analysis (html) / (postscript) |
Lecture 3	| H5: Almost Inverse-square force-law orbits |
Lecture 4.	| H6: Planet-gazing |
Lecture 5.
Lecture 6	| H7: Summation convention |
Lecture 7.
Lecture 8.	| H8a: Eigenvectors of translation-invariant systems (postscript) | H8b: Cross-products (postscript) |
Lecture 9.	| H9: Strain and stress |
Lecture 10.	| Planetarium images | H10: Kepler's Ellipses |
Lecture 11.
Lecture 12.	| H11: Slingshot |
Lecture 13.
Lecture 14.
Lecture 15.	| Rigid body images |
Lecture 16.	| H12: Details of L16 calculations | Optional reading - H13: Inverted pendulum |