Winter 1998

Prof. Seidler says:

In lecture on Friday (Jan. 9) we'll be discussing uniformly accelerated one-dimensional motion. Below are some notes which show how the equations for uniformly accelerated one-dimensional motion can be derived very simply using integrals. I am posting this here for additional background on 1-dimensional motion, and to help prepare you for Chapter 6 when we will use integrals to understand drag forces (such as due to the finite viscosity of water or air). Before anyone asks: NO, I will not ask you to repeat these exact derivations on an exam -- I just think that it is important to see this way of dealing with a simple problem, before we use a similar technique to handle a more difficult problem. [Note: don't let the brief mention of vectors in the first sentence below bother you -- if you haven't seen vectors before, you should be reassured that we will start discussing them next week.]