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Second Prefixes and Other Units
This section introduces prefixes used on 'second' to represent decadic multiples or fractions of a second. It also covers other standard units to measure durations like minute, hour, day and year.
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About This Book
This section provides some detailed information about this book - Physics Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes.
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Phase Portrait of Simple Harmonic Motion
This section provides phase portrait examples for a single object in simple harmonic motion.
2022-10-09, ∼162🔥, 0💬

Newton's Laws of Motion
This chapter provides an introduction of Newton's Laws of Motion. Topics include Newton's First, Second and Third Laws of Motion; dependency on frame of reference; the gravitational force; the fictitious force.
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What Is Distance
This section introduces distance between two objects. The standard unit of distance is called 'meter', which is the length travelled by light in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
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What Is an Inertial Frame of Reference
This section describes an inertial frame of reference - a frame of reference in which no acceleration can be detected in any direction.
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Who Is Newton
This section provides a quick introduction of Issac Newton and his main contribution to physics, Newton's Laws of Motion.
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What Is Phase Space
This section provides a quick introduction to Phase Space, which is the collection of all possible sets of canonical coordinates (q,p) of a system.
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Poisson Bracket Expression
This chapter provides an introduction of phase space and phase portrait. Topics include Poisson Bracket as a partial differential expression; Hamilton Equations in Poisson Brackets; total time derivative of observables.
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Introduction of Generalized Coordinates
This chapter provides an introduction of Generalized Coordinates. Topics include introduction of generalized position, velocity and momentum; Lagrange Equations and Hamilton Equations in generalized coordinates; Legendre Transformation.
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Lagrangian in Cartesian Coordinates
This section provides a quick introduction to the Lagrangian in Cartesian coordinates, expressed in terms of r, r' and t.
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Introduction of Hamiltonian
This chapter provides an introduction of Hamiltonian. Topics include introduction of Hamiltonian; energy conservation; conservative system; free fall motion; simple harmonic motion; simple pendulum motion, momentum and Hamilton Equations.
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Phase Space and Phase Portrait
This chapter provides an introduction of phase space and phase portrait. Topics include introduction of canonical coordinates of a system; trajectory curves of a system for a given period of time; phase portraits of free fall, simple harmonic, and pendulum motions; motion equations of linear systems...
2022-10-08, ∼155🔥, 0💬

Hamiltonian in Cartesian Coordinates
This section provides a quick introduction on Hamiltonian for a single object in Cartesian coordinates.
2022-10-05, ∼154🔥, 0💬

What Is Speed
This section provides a quick introduction of speed, which is a derived property of a moving object by calculating the distance the object has moved within a single unit of time.
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The Relativity of Simultaneity
This chapter provides an introduction of the relativity of simultaneity in special relativity. Topics include the definition of the relativity of simultaneity; a thought experiment showing the relativity of simultaneity.
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Poisson Bracket and Hamilton Equations
This section describes Hamilton Equations in terms of the Poisson brackets.
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Observables in Phase Space
This section describes observables in phase space in terms of the Poisson brackets.
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Introduction of Special Relativity
This chapter provides an introduction of the special theory of relativity. Topics include 2 assumptions of special relativity; inertial frame of references; the principle of relativity; constancy of speed of light.
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Relation of Momentum and Potential Energy
This section describes the Relation of Momentum and Potential Energy.
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Introduction of Lagrangian
This chapter provides an introduction of Lagrangian Mechanics. Topics include introduction of Lagrangian; Action, Hamilton Principle, Stationary Action, Lagrange Equations, examples of free fall motion; simple harmonic motion, simple pendulum motion.
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2-Dimensional Cartesian Coordinate System
This section provides an introduction of 2-dimensional Cartesian coordinate systems, which uses perpendicular projections on 2 perpendicular axes to describe any locations in the frame of reference.
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Falling Ball in Elevator Frame of Reference
This section provides an example of a falling ball in the elevator frame of reference, where we need to add a fictitious force to cancel out the gravitational force to make Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion valid.
2022-10-07, ∼146🔥, 0💬

Introduction of Spacetime
This chapter provides an introduction of spacetime. Topics include definition of spacetime; world line of an object in a spacetime frame; light cone of an event in a spacetime frame.
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