Lecturer:

Dr. Nir Shaviv
e-mail: shaviv_at_phys.huji.ac.il
Reception hours: Sun 14:15-15:00, Wed 11:00-12:00, or set by e-mail
Office: Kaplun 102. Phone: (65)85807

Teacher Assistants::

Vadim Asnin
e-mail: vadima_at_pob.huji.ac.il
Reception hours: Set by e-mail
Office: Kaplun 214. Phone: (65)84173

Yonatan Oren
e-mail: yono_at_phys.huji.ac.il
Reception hours: Set by e-mail
Office: Kaplun 211. Phone: (65)84671

note: replace _at_ in the e-mail to @ (this is to avoid spammers).

General Information: Syllabus (pdf) Reference Books: Berkeley physics course , vol.1 / Mechanics מכניקה ("ספר ירוק") , האוניברסיטה הפתוחה תרגום של ברקלי Exam Information: A sample exam  Solution Moed Aleph Solution Moed Beit with Solution. More on moed A results: All Exam notebooks can be viewed at the hug web site. (Starting around Sunday, March 6 or perhaps earlier). In 77100, average passing final grade was 77. 18% failed and 16% got above 90. Lecture material Note: The student is encouraged to use reference books as well (see syllabus).  Part 0: Background (pdf) Part 1: Mathematical Background (vectors, scalar product) (pdf) Part 2: Mathematical Background (vector product, derivatives) (pdf) Part 3: Mathematical Background (Coordinate systems, derivatives in polar coor.) (pdf) Part 4: Newton's Laws and Motion in gravitational field (pdf) Part 5: More on Motion and Newton's laws (pdf) Part 6: Conservation of Momentum, Energy in 1D (pdf) Part 7: Conservative Forces (pdf) Parts 1-7 (pdf vs. 4) Part 8: Conservative and non conservative forces, central potential (pdf) Part 9: Friction and Harmonic Potential (pdf) Part 10: Momentum Conservations: Collisions (pdf) Part 11: The Rocket Problem (pdf) Part 12: C.M. System and Angular Momentum (pdf) Part 13: Kepler Problem (part 1) (pdf) Part 14: Kepler Problem (part 2) (pdf) Part 15: Harmonic Oscillator (part 1) (pdf) Part 16: Harmonic Oscillator (part 2) (pdf) Part 17: Harmonic Oscillator (part 3) (pdf) Parts 8-17 combined (pdf vs. 4) Part 18: Complex Numbers (pdf) Part 19: Harmonic Oscillator (part 4) (pdf) Part 20: Harmonic Oscillator: Two mass problem (pdf) Part 21: Inertial and Non-Inertial Frames, Coriolis (pdf) Part 22: Rotation about fixed axis, Moment of Inertia (pdf) Part 23: Rotation about fixed axis, Examples (pdf) Part 24: Rotation about a varying axis. Gyros, Euler's Equations (pdf) Part 25: Special Relativity: Background (pdf) Part 26: The Lorentz Transformation (pdf) Part 27: Examples of Lorentz I: Length shortening, Velocity transformations (pdf) Part 28: Examples of Lorentz II: Time Dilation, Aberration (pdf) Part 29: Relativistic Dynamics I (Momentum, Energy, Mass) (pdf) Parts 18-29 combined (pdf vs. 5) Part 30: Relativistic Dynamics II (Force, examples). Part 31: Twin Paradox and Equivalence Principle All Lectures Combined (pdf vs. 5, 14MB, 182 pages) Just the title page Recitation class material Homework 1 (pdf) Solution 1 (pdf) Homework 2 (pdf) Solution 2 (pdf) Homework 3 (pdf) Solution 3 (pdf) Homework 4 (pdf) Solution 4 (pdf) Homework 5 (pdf) Solution 5 (pdf) Homework 6 (pdf) Solution 6 (pdf) Homework 7 (pdf) Solution 7 (pdf)   Homework 8 (pdf) Solution 8 (pdf)   Homework 9 (pdf) Solution 9 (pdf) Homework 10 (pdf) Solution 10 (pdf) Homework 11 (pdf) Solution 11 (pdf) Homework 12 (pdf) Solution 12 (pdf) Homework 13 (pdf) Solution 13 (pdf) It is highly encouraged to solve as many exercises as possible (e.g., many good exercises exist in the exercise books in the syllabus) Homework Grades (all) (pdf)

(Flow of water in non-conservative gravity! Wonders of Escher...) External Links: Comples Numbers Introduction to Complex Numbers Another introduction Java Physics Demonstrations Java-experiments (including Coriolis, Kepler, collisions etc.) Projectile Motion Particle World (Amazing! Springs, Orbits, Collisions) Movies Example of Coriolis Relativity Links On Special Relativity And for those who missed the "launch" demonstration:

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