Mechanics, Spring 2018
Robert V. Kohn
Professor of Mathematics
Courant Institute, New York University
This is the main website for my Spring 2018 class Mechanics (MATH-GA.2710).
Notes and homeworks will be posted here as the semester proceeds.
Syllabus, in pdf format
Elasticity-Lecture 1 (1/24/2018), in pdf format
HW1, in pdf format
Elasticity-Lecture 2 (1/31/2018), in pdf format
HW2, in pdf format
Elasticity-Lecture 3 (2/7/2018), in pdf format
There are no Lecture 4 notes, since 2/14 was spent catching up.
Elasticity-Lecture 5 (2/21/2018), in pdf format
HW3, in pdf format
Elasticity-Lecture 6 (2/28/2018), in pdf format
Elasticity-Lecture 7 (3/7/2018), in pdf format
A handout on Korn's 2nd inequality, in pdf format
Some possible presentation topics, in pdf format
HW4, in pdf format
Classical Mechanics-Lecture 1 (3/28/2018), in pdf format
Classical Mechanics-Lecture 2 (4/4/2018), in pdf format
Classical Mechanics-Lecture 3 (4/11/2018, typos fixed 4/25), in pdf format
Statistical Mechanics-Lecture 1 (4/18/2018), in pdf format
Statistical Mechanics-Lecture 2 (4/25/2018), in pdf format
Statistical Mechanics-Lecture 3 (5/2/2018), in pdf format