2015 Detailed List of Lecture Topics

Lecture 1. Axiomatic development of classical mechanics (8.25.15)

(Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 of Unit 1)

Geometry of momentum conservation axiom

Totally Inelastic “ka-runch”collisions*

Perfectly Elastic “ka-bong” and Center Of Momentum (COM) symmetry*

Comments on idealization in classical models

Geometry of Galilean translation symmetry

45° shift in (V₁,V₂)-space

Time reversal symmetry

... of COM collisions

Algebra,Geometry, and Physics of momentum conservation axiom

Vector algebra of collisions

Matrix or tensor algebra of collisions

Deriving Energy Conservation Theorem

*Access Superball Collision Simulator       Link → http://www.uark.edu/ua/modphys/markup/BounceItWeb.html