Here’s a proposal for the winter quarter schedule very similar to what we discussed in class (click on image for larger version):
CM Exam 2 Revisions Guidelines
- Use the versions of the questions handed out during the Exam 2 Reflection Workshop. Revisions due to Krishna’s office Lab 2 3255 by 9am Monday December 12.
- Highest quality solutions are expected; typeset preferred but clearly presented hand-written solutions acceptable. If you produce a narrative solution, emailing a link to Krishna is acceptable.
- Students may choose to revise any exam questions they like, but must revise the entire question.
- Revisions to multiple choice questions must include a full explanation (simply choosing the correct response is insufficient).
- Revised solutions must be perfectly clear, complete, and correct to be considered.
- You may use any resource to prepare your revised solution. HOWEVER…
- …Revised solutions must display your personal understanding of the material. This means that you must personally understand every step that you write down, and individually produce the content of your final submitted revised solution.
Community Q&A and solutions for CM Exam 2
- By student request, I’ve created a shared document, editable by anyone, to work on the CM Exam 2.
- This is similar to what I created for the Final Exam Practice Questions.
- You can access the CM Exam 2 collaboration version here.
- Please let your classmates know about its existence and encourage them to contribute (I’m not sure everyone knew about the Practice Questions version).
CM Exam 2, Problem Solving #1
If you are working through the Exam to get ahead on your Exam Revisions, note that Problem Solving question 1 has major issues with boundary conditions. In the original version, the boundary condition should only have been y(1) = 0, and it would have been fine; in retrospect, that is what I should have done on the exam. In the corrected version I updated during the exam, there’s also a problem with the boundary conditions; I had meant to correct it to look just like the version on the practice exam but failed to do so. So in terms of assessment, I only checked up to the part where you would have applied boundary conditions.
Fall Quarter Final Class Day Details
Please find details about our final class day of fall quarter here.
Classical Mechanics Exam 2 questions
- Reminder: Part 2 of Classical Mechanics Exam 2 is due Wed. Dec. 7 by 9am in LIB 2708.
- You can find all the questions (Part 1 Multiple Choice, Part 1 Problem Solving, Part 2 Problem Solving) here in case you want to get a head start on exam revisions.
Community Q&A and solutions for CM Final Exam Practice Questions
I’ve created a shared document, editable by anyone, to work on the Final Exam Practice Questions. You can access that document here. I hope you might find this useful and I welcome your feedback.
Week 9 Public Solutions posted and Reviewers assigned
- The Week 9 Public Solutions that have been submitted by this point are posted here. Hopefully some will be helpful in your exam review.
- You can find the Reviewer assignments for the Week 9 Public Solutions here.
- If at the point you are ready to review your assigned solution, it has not yet been posted, move up a row until you find one that has been posted (and isn’t authored by you).
Blank quizzes, exam review problems, note card
Here are blank copies of quizzes:
You can find a copy of the final exam review problems here. As noted in class, working on these problems should be considered as part of your overall study strategy.
Note card reminder: you are invited to prepare your own 3 inch x 5 inch note card for the final exam. On both the in-class and take-home portions of the exam, you will have access to your personally prepared note card, the inside front and back covers of Taylor, and your calculating device.
Classical Mechanics, Homework Solutions, Weeks 6 – 9
Solutions for Homework Assignments for:
Updated 12/2 to include Chapter 13 solutions.

