Introduction & Motion in Plane Polar Coordinates Suggested reading from the books of Spiegel, Kibble&Berkshire and Kleppner&Kolenkow: -- M. R. Spiegel: Chapter 1 (in particular problems 1.47,1.48,1.49) and Chapter 2 (until the paragraph on "Conservative Force Fields" and excluding the paragraph on "Power") -- T. W. B. Kibble and F. H. Berkshire: Chapter 1 and Appendices: A.1-A.6, A.8, B.1-B.2 -- D. Kleppner and R. Kolenkow: Chapter 1; particularly, section 1.9 for the motion in polar coordinates, and Sections 2.1-2.2, excluding example 2.1. Central Force Motion --A short but concise exposition can be found at the book of M.R. Spiegel: Chapter 5. Work and Energy: Suggested reading from the book of Kibble and Berkshire: -- Section 2.1 (excluding the example) -- Section 2.2 until the end of p.23 -- Section 2.4 -- Sections 3.1 -- Sections 3.3-3.5. (Spherical polar coordinates were not discussed in class and will not be needed for the exam, but are very useful to know in general.) -- Section 4.2-4.3 (excluding most of the examples and the discussion on the energy levels of the hydrogen atom) Alternative presentation on 'Work and Energy' from the book of Kleppner and Kolenkow: -- Section 4.1-4.11, excluding examples: 4.3, 4.4., 4.6, 4.7, 4.13, 4.14 and all examples on the simple pendulum. Rotating Frames Suggested reading from the book of Kibble and Berkshire: -- Sections 5.1-5.2. -- Section 5.3 until the end of the paragraph surrounding eq. (5.16). -- Section 5.4 until the paragraph on Foucault's pendulum. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics Suggested reading from the book of Kibble and Berkshire: -- Section 3.6-3.8 -- From section 10.2; only the paragraph surounding eq.(10.9) -- Section 10.5 -- Sections 112.1-12.2