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Lecture notes

  • Lecture 4, Oct. 4: Lorentz force (Qs)

    • Read foot note 3, to clear up the confusion for the number of integration constants.
    • When we consider the time-reversal symmetry of this problem, we do not reverse the direction of $\vec{B}$, taking it as given. If we can reverse the direction of $\vec{B}$ as well as the direction of the particle's motion, then the time reversal symmetry would be valid. Read end of page 4, to see why sometimes $\vec{B}$ is not reversible.

  • Lecture 3, Sep. 29: Perturbation. Air resistance. (Qs)

  • Lecture 2, Sep. 27: Newton's laws. Air resistance. (Qs)

  • Lecture 1, Sep. 22: What to learn? Particles, dimensions. Vectors and (orthogonal) matrices.

Appendices