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Introduction. The Particle. Curves, velocity, acceleration. The first law.
modified 9/6/11
Newton's Second Law.
modified 9/13/11
Newton's Third Law. Multi-particle systems. Conservation of Momentum.
modified 9/15/11
Angular Momentum.
modified 9/21/11
Energy
modified 10/27/11
Variational Principles and Lagrangian Mechanics
modified 11/10/11
Motion near equilibrium - Small Oscillations
modified 11/16/11
The 2-body problem
modified 11/30/11
Introduction to the Hamiltonian Formalism
modified 12/8/11