Physics 2210 Classical Mechanics and Math Methods
Instructors: Steven Pollock, Ana Maria Rey, and Rachel Pepper

The classical temple of Athena (goddess of wisdom!) in Paestum, Italy.
Welcome to Physics 2210, Classical Mechanics and Math Methods 1.
Explore this website, have a look at the course syllabus, and start reading Chapter 1 of Taylor. This is largely a review of all of introductory classical mechanics, and we'll cover all of Chapter 1 in the first week of class.
Special notes:
- Th 1/20: Please bring your laptop with Mathematica to class on Tuesday!
- The in-class Tutorial we did on Thursday is in the "lecture notes" link.
- Fr 1/14: Tues 2-3PM study/help session is (for now) in G2B86. This is the SW corner of the physics basement, straight back past the Help Room, all the way to the back, on your right.
- Fr 1/14: New homework (for next Thursday) is posted! Preflight for Tuesday AM too. See "calendar" link. (We will leave some hard copies of the homework on Steve's door (F1013) too)
Older news (no longer so relevant):
- Th 1/13: Preflight #1 is closed, I'll set up #2 very soon, it will be due Tuesday at 10 AM (the usual schedule from now on)
- Tu 1/11: Please see the "Virtual office hrs" link on the upper left. There is already a worthwhile posting there regarding a spontaneously forming study group.
- Tu 1/11: I will leave the Tuesday assignment up a little longer, since it was due before the class started! (Future ones will close on Tuesday morning, though. ) It's not for credit, totally optional, but we're interested in your opinions.
- IMPORTANT: Room change: Our class has been moved to G125 (one floor up, across from the Math/Physics library). It's a much better room for us than where we were scheduled!
- There will be weekly online homeworks due every Tuesday morning. (The first week it will be purely optional, of course, but if you notice this before the term begins, please visit that link)
- We will be using Mathematica this term- please visit this page to get yourself set up!
- The first written homework is due later the first week (Thursday Jan 13, start of class) See the calendar/assignments link (always available on the upper left of this page).
- Reading: Chapter 1 of Taylor, and 8.1 of Boas for the first week of class. See "Lecture notes" link (above left) for my own notes on this material.
I welcome your comments on the class and this website.
Send them to steven.pollock at colorado.edu