Physics I

Syllabus and lecture notes

  1. Physics
    1. What is physics?
    2. Overview of physics
  2. Classical mechanics
    1. Tensors
      1. Multivectors
      2. Differential forms
      3. Tensor algebra
      4. Volume form and metric
    2. Framework
      1. Space and time
      2. Conserved quantities
      3. Lagrangian mechanics
      4. Hamiltonian mechanics
    3. Materials
      1. Newtonian particle and field
      2. Newtonian particles
      3. Newtonian rigid body
      4. Relativistic particle
    4. Interactions
      1. Empirical interactions
      2. Effective interactions
      3. Fundamental interactions

Problems

  1. Taylor expansion, answers
  2. Partial differentiation, answers
  3. Tensors, answers
  4. Conserved quantities, answers
  5. Empirical interactions, answers
  6. Fundamental interactions, answers