Department of Mathematics
Spring 2004

APMA 935 - Mathematical Modelling

Week 02

Announcements:

15 January
lagrange point derivation (link) (pdf)
potential energy plot (w02planetX.m)

13 January
modelling philosophy cartoon (model.pdf)

12 January
final version of 1st investigation (hw01.pdf)
jim's maple solve again (Gravity.mws)
falling body phase plane (w01pplane.m)
2-body phase plane (w02pplane.m)

Images & Info:

  conic sections
  two-body problem
  electostatic force I
  electostatic force II
  lagrange points