11410PHYS113402

11410PHYS113402#

General Physics A (I)#

普通物理Ａ一#

Instructor#

  • Prof. Pochung Chen

  • R521, Physics building

  • pcchen {at} phys {dot} nthu {dot} edu {dot} tw

Teaching Assistant#

  • 石泰銘, tedrocko {at} gmail {dot} com

  • 池晨瑜, lettc0629 {at} gmail {dot} com

AI助教：小TAI#

https://sci-tai.vm.nthu.edu.tw/signin

Lecture Time#

  • T3T4R3R4

演習課#

  • 週三 19:00-20:00。地點：物理館504。

  • 週四 19:00-20:00。地點：物理館504。

Room#

  • GEN III 101/綜三 101

Grade#

  • Midterm (45%)+ final (45%) + homework (10%)

  • Scientific calculator is allowed in the exams.

    • Programming and plotting are not allowed.

Midterm#

  • Time: 10/30/2025: 10:10-12:00am.

  • Range:

    • Volume 1: Ch1-Ch14

    • Volume 1: Chapter 1 to Chapter 12

Final#

  • Time: 12/28/2025: 10:10-12:00am.

  • Range:

    • Volume 1: Ch13-Ch17

    • Volume 2: Ch1-Ch4

Textbooks#

In this semester we plan to cover following topics

Volume 1, Unit 1. Mechanics#

  • Chapter 1: Units and Measurement

  • Chapter 2: Vectors

  • Chapter 3: Motion Along a Straight Line

  • Chapter 4: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

  • Chapter 5: Newton’s Laws of Motion

  • Chapter 6: Applications of Newton’s Laws

  • Chapter 7: Work and Kinetic Energy

  • Chapter 8: Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

  • Chapter 9: Linear Momentum and Collisions

  • Chapter 10: Fixed-Axis Rotation

  • Chapter 11: Angular Momentum

  • Chapter 12: Static Equilibrium and Elasticity

  • Chapter 13: Gravitation

  • Chapter 14: Fluid Mechanics

Volume 1, Unit 2. Waves and Acoustics#

  • Chapter 15: Oscillations

  • Chapter 16: Waves

  • Chapter 17: Sound

Volume 2, Unit 1: Thermodynamics#

  • Chapter 1: Temperature and Heat

  • Chapter 2: The Kinetic Theory of Gases

  • Chapter 3: The First Law of Thermodynamics

  • Chapter 4: The Second Law of Thermodynamics

Notes#

  • This course follows a 16-week syllabus

  • AI tools (like ChatGPT) are allowed with necessary explanations

Homework#

該日上課時繳交紙本

  • HW1, due on 9/16/2025.

    • Chapter 1, Problem 81.

    • Chapter 2, Problem 91.

    • Chapter 3, Problem 46, 66, 88, 112.

    • Chapter 4, Problem 32, 46, 64, 70, 100.

  • HW2, due on 9/25/2025.

    • Chapter 5, Problem 29, 46, 55, 71.

    • Chapter 6, Problem 25, 44, 53, 61, 71, 89.

  • HW3, due on 10/7/2025

    • Chapter 7, Problem 39, 41, 47, 64, 75.

    • Chapter 8, Problem 22, 27, 38, 43, 60.

  • HW4, due on 10/14/2025

    • Chapter 9, Problem 18, 27, 37, 44, 55, 67, 77.

  • HW5, due on 10/23/2025

    • Chapter 10, Problem 10, 43, 53, 63, 65, 71, 92, 100.

  • HW6, due on 11/4/2025

    • Chapter 11, Problem 26, 43, 58, 65.

    • Chapter 12, Problem 26, 39, 53.

  • HW7, due on 11/18/2025

    • Chapter 13, Problem 27, 35, 44, 50.

    • Chapter 14, Problem 55, 56, 63, 79, 88, 89.

  • HW8, due on 11/25/2025

    • Chapter 15, Problem 27, 35, 40, 48, 53.

    • Chapter 16, Problem 42, 46, 69, 79, 93, 103.

  • HW9, due on 12/9/2025

    • Chapter 17, Problem 41, 55, 65, 83, 96, 101, 115, 122.

    • Volume 2, Chapter 1, Problem 45, 55, 61, 73, 89

  • HW10, due on 12/18/2025

    • Volume 2, Chapter 2, Problem 19, 29, 37, 47, 57, 67.

    • Volume 2, Chapter 3, Problem 21, 29, 44, 57, 61.

    • Volume 2, Chapter 4, Problem 19, 27, 31, 41, 47, 57.

Weekly schedule#

  • Week 1

    • 9/2/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 1-Chapter 4

    • 9/4/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 1-Chapter 4

  • Week 2

    • 9/9/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 5-Chapter 6

    • 9/11/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 5-Chapter 6

  • Week 3

    • 9/16/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 7-Chapter 9, HW1

    • 9/18/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 7-Chapter 9

  • Week 4

    • 9/23/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 7-Chapter 9

    • 9/25/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 7-Chapter 9, HW2

  • Week 5

    • 9/30/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 10-Chapter 11

    • 10/2/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 10-Chapter 11

  • Week 6

    • 10/7/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 10-Chapter 11, HW3

    • 10/9/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 10-Chapter 11

  • Week 7

    • 10/14/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 12-Chapter 13, HW4

    • 10/16/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 12-Chapter 13

  • Week 8

    • 10/22/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 14

    • 10/23/2025: Midterm, Volume 1, Chapter 14, HW5

  • Week 9

    • 10/28/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 15

    • 10/30/2025: Midterm

  • Week 10

    • 11/4/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 16, HW6

    • 11/6/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 16

  • Week 11

    • 11/11/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 17

    • 11/13/2025: Volume 1, Chapter 17

  • Week 12

    • 11/18/2025: Volume 2, Chapter 4, HW7

    • 11/20/2025: Volume 2, Chapter 1

  • Week 13

    • 11/25/2025: Volume 2, Chapter 1, HW8

    • 11/27/2025: Volume 2, Chapter 2

  • Week 14

    • 12/2/2025: Volume 2, Chapter 2

    • 12/4/2025: Volume 2, Chapter 3

  • Week 15

    • 12/9/2025: Volume 2, Chapter 3, HW9

    • 12/11/2025: Volume 2, Chapter 4

  • Week 16

    • 12/16/2025: (no class)

    • 12/18/2025: Final exam, HW10