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Lecture Notes     
Introduction. The Particle. Curves, velocity, acceleration. The first law.
modified 8/28/12
Newton's Second Law.
modified 9/25/12
Newton's Third Law. Multi-particle systems. Conservation of Momentum.
modified 9/11/12
Angular Momentum.
modified 9/17/12 
Energy
modified 10/11/12
Variational Principles and Lagrangian Mechanics
modified 11/8/12
Motion near equilibrium - Small Oscillations
modified 11/13/12
The 2-body problem
modified 11/29/12
Introduction to the Hamiltonian Formalism
modified 12/4/12