General Physics (I) (2025 Fall)

Classic Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Course Syllabus 【download】

Textbook: Feynman Lectures Vol. I【visit caltech.edu】

Instructor:  Shengchao Li （lishengchao[at]westlake.edu.cn）

Office: E5-226, Yungu

TAs:

Zhenhao Liang (liangzhenhao[at]westlake.edu.cn)

Xiaoyu Wang (wangxiaoyu[at]westlake.edu.cn)

Siyin Li (lisiyin[at]westlake.edu.cn) 

TA office: E5-228

Hour: Wednesday 11:30-12:30

Lecture:

Monday 10:40-12:15; Thursday 08:40-10:25

Venue: E13-205

Lecture Notes:

Classical Mechanics

Lecture 1:【Introduction to Honorary General Physics】

Math test: 【questions】【solutions】

Lecture 2:【Vectors, scalar and cross products, rotations】(Read: Feynman Ch.11)

Lecture 3:【Motions】(Read: Feynman Ch.8)

Lecture 4:【Newton's law of dynamic】(Read: Feynman Ch.9)

Lecture 5:【Harmonic Oscillators】(Read: Feynman Ch.21-25,50)

Additional Reading:【Resonance search for dark matter】 

Lecture 6:【Kepler's Motion (note)】【class PPT】(Read: Feynman Ch.7)

Lecture 7:【(Non-)inertial frame and tides】(Read: Feynman Ch.12，物理53卷 (2024年) 11 期)

Lecture 8:【Conservation law: Energy(1)】(Read: Feynman Ch.4)

Lecture 9:【Conservation law: Energy(2)】(Read: Feynman Ch.4)

Lecture 10:【Conservation law: Momentum】(Read: Feynman Ch.10)

Thermal Dynamics

Password: GP1

Homework:

Homework0: read Feynman Ch.1-3, 11

Homework1:【download】Due Sep.15 18

Homework2:【download】Due Sep.25

Homework3:【download】Due Oct.9

Homework4:【download】Due Oct.16

Homework5:【download】Due Oct.23

Tutorial Notes:

Time: Wednesday 11:30-12:30

Tutorial 1: 【Math tools】 Sep.10

Tutorial 2: Solution to Hw1 Sep.24