Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: Simple harmonic motion
  2: Simple harmonic motion: graph and equation
  3: Period and frequency
  4: Angular frequency
  5: Amplitude
  6: Interactive problem: match the curve
  7: Phase and phase constant
  8: Sample problem: graph equation
  9: Velocity
10: Interactive checkpoint: particle speed
11: Acceleration
12: Sample problem: calculating period from acceleration
13: Summary of simple harmonic motion
14: Simple harmonic motion and uniform circular motion
15: Period, spring constant, and mass
16: Interactive problem: match the curve again
17: Sample problem: isolation platform
18: Work and the potential energy of a spring
19: Total energy
20: Interactive checkpoint: spring energy and period
21: Sample problem: falling block on a spring
22: A torsional pendulum
23: A simple pendulum
24: Interactive problem: a pendulum
25: Period of a physical pendulum
26: Sample problem: meter-stick pendulum
27: Damped oscillations
28: Forced oscillations and resonance
29: Gotchas
30: Summary

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