Monthly Archives: May 2011

Wave Pendulum Analysis

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Thanks to both Frank Noschese and John Burk, I’ve been reminded recently of the very cool wave pendulum demonstration apparatus: What I wanted to figure out was how the inherent nonlinearities in pendula would affect the analysis of the motion. … Continue reading →

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Theoretical Mechanics final

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Right now my students are taking the final for this course. I thought I’d do it, too, only here on my blog. I’m typing this during the final period (in fact, I had to change to a laptop since the … Continue reading →

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Shooting method for hydrogen

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

This semester I’m teaching the lab portion of a course called Applied Math. My colleague in the math department teaches the lecture and I have a 1.5 hour lab once a week. One of the cool things about it is … Continue reading →

Posted in mathematica, physics, teaching, technology, Uncategorized | 11 Comments