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THEORETICAL PHYSICIST
Derek J. Daniel BSc Hons PhD
Assistant Professor of Physics & Mathematics
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University of The Bahamas-North
School of Mathematics, Physics and Technology, Room A204
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Office Phone: +1-242-688 5929
Email: derek.daniel@ub.edu.bs
This monograph presents new classes of exact solutions for three formidable and unsolvable problems in theoretical physics. The simple pendulum, the Markovian birth-and-death equations, and the simple harmonic oscillator are among the problems covered.
PHYSICS 164
STUDENTS
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Course Instructions
FALL - SPRING
2023-2024
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Formula Sheet
Syllabus
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COURSE CONTENT
Week 1
Week Begins:
Mon, 8 January, 2024
Introduction
A. What is Physics?
B. Scientific Method
Measurement
A. Uncertainty
B. Significant Figures
C. Units and Standards
D. International System of Units (S.I. Units)
E. Unit Conversions
F. Dimensions and Dimensional Analysis
Kinematics in One Dimensions
A. Reference Frames
B. Position, Distance and Displacement
C. Average Speed and Average velocity
D. Instantaneous velocity
E. Acceleration
F. Equation of Motion for Constant
Acceleration
G. Objects in Free Fall
Lecture 1.1
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Lecture 1.2
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Video 1.2
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Video 1.3
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Video 1.4
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Video 1.5
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Video 1.6
Lecture 1.3
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Video 1.7
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Video 1.8
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Video 1.9
Week 2
Week Begins:
Mon, 15 January, 2024
Kinematics in One Dimensions
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E. Acceleration
F. Equation of Motion for Constant
Acceleration
G. Objects in Free Fall
Lecture 2.1
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Video 2.1
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Video 2.2
Lecture 2.2
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Video 2.3
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Video 2.4
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Video 2.5
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Video 2.6
Week 3
Week Begins:
Mon, 22 January, 2024
Kinematics in Two Dimensions
A. Vectors and Scalars
B. Adding and Subtracting
Vectors
i. Graphically
ii. Algebraically
C. Multiplication of Vectors
and Scalars
Kinematics in Two Dimensions
D. Projectile Motion
E. Relative Velocity
LAB 1 session - Week 3
Tuesday, 23 January, 2023.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Worksheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Lecture 3.1
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Video 3.2
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Video 3.3
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Video 3.4
Lecture 3.2B
Lecture 3.2
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Video 3.5
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Video 3.6
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Video 3.6B
Lecture 3.3
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Video 3.7
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Video 3.8
ASSIGNMENT 1 is issued in Week 2 and due in Moodle in Week 4.
Week 4
Week Begins:
Mon, 29 January, 2024
Newton’s Laws of Motion
A. Force and Mass
B. Newton’s First Law of Motion
C. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
D. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
E. Types of Forces
i. Weight - The Force of Gravity
ii. The Normal Force
iii. Friction
Newton’s Laws of Motion
F. Free-Body Diagrams
G. i. Problems Involving Friction,
The Normal Force and Weight
ii. Inclines
QUIZ 1 is scheduled this week on Wednesday, 31 January 2024, at 6.15PM
LAB 2 session - Week 4
Tuesday, 30 January, 2024.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Worksheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Lecture 4.1
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Lecture 4.1A
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Video 4.2
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Video 4.3
Lecture 4.2
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Video 4.6
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Video 4.7
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Video 4.8
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Video 4.4
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Video 4.5
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Video 4.9
Week 5
Week Begins:
Mon, 5 February, 2024
Circular Motion and Gravitation
A. Uniform Circular Motion
Circular Motion and Gravitation
B. Banked and Unbanked Curves
C. Non-Uniform Circular Motion*
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* Time permitting
Lecture 5.1
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Video 5.2
Lecture 5.3
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Video 5.5
LAB 3 session - Week 5
Tuesday, 6 February, 2024.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Worksheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Lecture 5.2
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Video 5.4
ASSIGNMENT 1 is due in Moodle in Week 4.
ASSIGNMENT 2 is issued in Week 5 and due in Moodle in Week 7.
Week 6
Week Begins:
Mon, 12 February, 2024
Circular Motion and Gravitation
D. Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
E. Geophysical Applications of Newton’s
Law of Universal Gravitation
F. Satellites and Weightlessness
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Lecture 6.1
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Video 6.1
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Video 6.2
LAB 4 session - Week 6
Tuesday, 13 February, 2024.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Worksheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Lecture 6.2
QUIZ 2 is scheduled this week on Wednesday, 14 February 2024, at 6.15PM
Week 7
Week Begins:
Mon, 19 February, 2024
Work and Energy
A. Work Done by
i. Constant Forces
ii. Varying Forces
B. Kinetic Energy
Lecture 7.1
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Video 7.1
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Video 7.2
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Video 7.3
Work and Energy
C. The Work-Kinetic Energy
Theorem
D. Potential Energy
E. Conservative and Non-Cons-
ervative Forces
F. Mechanical Energy
G. Conservation of Mechanical
Energy
Lecture 8.1
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Video 8.1
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Video 8.2
LAB 5 session - Week 7
Tuesday, 20 February, 2024.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Work-sheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
ASSIGNMENT 2 is due in Moodle in Week 7.
Week 8
Week Begins:
Mon, 26 February, 2024
Mid-Semester Break
Thursday - 29 February, 2024 -to- Tuesday -5 March, 2024
MID-SEMESTER TEST is scheduled this week on Tuesday, 28 February 2024, at 6.15PM. Duration 1 hr 15 mins
Work and Energy
C. The Work-Kinetic Energy
Theorem
D. Potential Energy
E. Conservative and Non-Cons-
ervative Forces
F. Mechanical Energy
G. Conservation of Mechanical
Energy
Work and Energy
H. Conservation of Energy with
Dissipative Forces
I. Power
LAB 6 session - Week 8
Wednesday, 1 March, 2023.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Work-sheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Lecture 8.2
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Video 8.3
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Video 8.4
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Video 8.5
Lecture 8.4
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Video 8.6
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Video 8.7
Lecture 8.5
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Video 8.6B
Week 9
Momentum and Collisions
A. Conservation of Momentum
Week Begins:
Mon, 4 March, 2024
Momentum and Collisions
B. Impulse and Collisions
ASSIGNMENT 3 is issued in Week 9 and due in Moodle in Week 11.
Lecture 9.1
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Video 9.1
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Video 9.2
Lecture 9.2
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Video 9.3
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Video 9.4
LAB 7 session - Week 8
Wednesday, 8 March, 2023.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Work-sheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Week 10
Week Begins:
Mon, 11 March, 2024
Momentum and Collisions
C. Conservation of Momentum
During Collisions
i. Elastic Collisions
ii. Inelastic Collision
Lecture 9.3
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Video 9.5
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Video 9.6
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Video 9.7
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Video 9.8
Momentum and Collisions
D. Center of Mass
Lecture 9.4
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Video 9.9
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Video 9.10
LAB 8 session - Week 10
Wednesday, 15 March, 2023.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Work-sheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
QUIZ 3 is scheduled this week on Tuesday, 14 March 2023, at 6.15PM
Week 11
Rotational Motion
A. Angular Velocity and
Angular Acceleration
B. Rotational Kinematic
Equations of motion
Week Begins:
Mon, 18 March, 2024
Lecture 10.1
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Video 10.2
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Video 10.3
Rotational Motion
C. Torque and Rotational
Inertia
SUPPLEMENT LECTURE
FOR
TORQUE PROBLEMS
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Lecture 10.2
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Lecture 10.3B
LAB 9 session - Week 11
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023.
Students should study and download their Lab and Theory Work-sheets from MOODLE prior to LAB session which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Lecture 10.3
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Video 10.5
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Video 10.6
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Video 10.7
ASSIGNMENT 3 is due in Moodle in Week 11.
Week 12
Week Begins:
Mon, 25 March, 2024
Rotational Motion
D. Rotational Kinetic Energy
ASSIGNMENT 4 is issued in Week 12 and due in Moodle in Week 14.
Lecture 10.4
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Video 10.8
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Video 10.9
Rotational Motion
E. Angular Momentum and its
Conservation
Lecture 10.6
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Video 10.12
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Video 10.10
Lecture 10.5
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Video 10.11
Week 13
Week Begins:
Mon, 1 April, 2024
Temperature and Heat
A. Types of Thermometers
B. Zeroth Law of
Thermodynamics
Lecture 11.1
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Video 11.1
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Video 11.2
Lecture 11.2
Temperature and Heat
C. Thermal Expansion in Solids
Lecture 11.3
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Video 11.3
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Video 11.4
Lecture 11.4
Week 14
Temperature and Heat
D. Heat as Energy Transfer
E. Internal Energy
F. Specific Heat
G. Latent Heat
Week Begins:
Mon, 8 April, 2024
Temperature and Heat
H. Calorimetry
I. Conduction, Convection and
Radiation
END-SEMESTER TEST is scheduled this week on Wednesday, 12 April 2023, at 6.15PM. Duration 1 hr 15 mins
Lecture 11.5
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Video 11.8
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Video 11.9
Lecture 11.7
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Video 11.12
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Video 11.13
Lecture 11.6
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Video 11.10
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Lecture 11.8
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Video 11.14
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Video 11.15
ASSIGNMENT 4 is due in Moodle in Week 14.
QUIZ 4 is scheduled this week on Tuesday, 4 April 2023, at 6.15PM
Week 15
Week Begins:
Mon, 15 April, 2024
ANNOUNCEMENT
- END-OF-COURSE-
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Students enter review week and period of FINAL EXAMINATIONS for Phys 164.
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