Class 09:
Before class, watch the lecture material linked below and do the activity posted on Piazza.
Post at least one question or comment on Piazza (access via Canvas or directly). See "Check Yourself" Q1 for details.
Check yourself via the Class 09 Check Yourself on Canvas (Due by 11:59pm on Tues Feb 20)
In class, we'll work on related ideas: (activity will be posted)
After class, complete the homework (problems due Friday Mar 3rd)
Video summary:
Watch at intro with some physics background (6 min)
Watch Steve's lecture on conservative systems (77 min)
83 minutes (Intro + Steve's entire lecture)
Corresponding text: sections 6.5, 6.7
Video segmented by topic:
V01 (Sa) | Physics info (All) | 6 min
V02 (St) | Conservative systems (00:00 to 12:10) | 12 min
V03 (St) | Conservative example (12:12 to 28:32) | 16 min
V04 (St) | Homoclinic orbits (28:32 to 34:13) | 6 min
V05 (St) | Understanding the energy surface (34:30 to 43:00) | 8 min
V06 (St) | Theorems (43:00 to 57:40) | 14 min
V07 (St) | Conservative example 2: pendulum (58:00 to 1:11:00) | 13 min
V08 (St) | Cylindrical phase space (1:11:00 to end) | 6 min
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