I find it fascinating that this lecture was recorded when i was 3 months old, and here i am indluging in the same material for my course 19 years later. Timeless content professor!
I've moved soo far in engineering. I wish i spent my time with your video's earlier! I've spent days trying to understand the concepts which you've taught in 8.01, 8.02 and 8.03 which could have been shortened. Loved it! Will recommend every high school kid!
So glad I've stumbled upon these lectures. If only my lecturers were anywhere near as good as you, Professor, my engineering studies would me so much easier. Your passion is inspiring!
Never have I ever seen any teacher, teaching with this much of passion😭... By going through your lectures, anyone can fall in love with physics... Thank you sir for all your efforts❣️...
sir, you just enabled me to understand how nature and physics are so intimately linked . i am from india and i want to become the greatest physicist and make my country proud. thank you
Respected Sir Your lectures have let me explore physics in a beautifully different manner. Thank you for bringing out the aptitude for physics in me. Keep doing what you do; many students owe you.
wow, well Dr Lewin... I've seen about 90 % of your 801 and 802 videos... and now I've started with your 803 lectures.. I have to tell you... I really enjoy ALL your videos.. they are all Good!!.. but what I really need to tell you is that THIS video is the BEST I have seen!!.. From beginning to end you have scripted the video PERFECTLY.. your chalkboard execution, your Demonstrations, your Interaction with the Students.. ALL OF IT was a Perfect Lecture Video!!!.. THANK YOU!!.. I found myself pausing the video and taking NOTES and doing calculations. I was totally involved as if I were a Student sitting in your lecture hall.... Congrats!!..
Really professor, you gave a five minutes break in an 85 min lecture. In my high school days, my physics teacher lectured SHM ( it was the same topic in the video and little bit more) for more than 6 hours. *YES YES YES YES WITHOUT ANY BREAK*. I almost died on that day
Damn Professor Nergis Mavalvala was in the audience she had no idea she will be part o the team that will discover Gravitational Waves twelve years later
Thank you very much, great lecture! In the pendulum experiment you’ve predicted time 20.17+-0.2s and got 20.52+-0.15s. If we take the first time with the higher bound and the second time with the lower one, we get 20.37s in both cases, so can we say that the outcome was actually within the bounds of the prediction and that the friction wasn’t the problem?
It's like I am addicting to watch your lectures, from 8.01, to 8.02x, and now 8.03... You saved me from the bland and bored lectures by my phy prof..!!!
I am understanding him little because I am Indian guy and here english is not spoken in such flow but physics practicle Really amaze me ..... I try to write my word in English so you all my English guy 👦 understand....may my words are proper 😇
I have written something before " Oscillation in relation is okay but frequency of that should be moderate ". During the lecture I thought that this is something which is matching here. Thanks sir for your efforts always. I can feel physics more because of you. love you. :)
One of my main reasons why I want to study at MIT,the professors’ teaching are simple,easy to understand and interesting.Maybe one day I hope I will be able to join Master program at MIT.
Professor, if we are not doing anything then is it periodic. I mean to say that the graph of our moyion is Y=0 Where x axis represents time and y represents displacement
Hello! I'm a current MIT student and love your lectures! I was able to ASE 8.01 because of them! For that, thank you so much. In fact, I'm considering taking the 8.03 ASE. Do you think the 8.03 curriculum has changed much since you've taught it?
Physics is experiments!!!!! but the way we're learning it in school it's just. .. Thank you so much sirr it helped a lott to understand the concept 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I have a question, @10:09 prof lewin takes the value of sqrt(2) as 1.414, "Now we know that any measurement is meaningless without the knowledge of uncertainty" as prof lewin says :) But I'm confused. The value that we have taken is not exactly sqrt(2) it's only an approximation(1.414), So how do we decide the value that we need to take, up to how many decimal places? How does it affect the uncertainity in our measurement; the degree of accuracy of our result depends on the accuracy of the calculation. In real life we can never multiply exactly by sqrt(2). This is causing a calculation error in our measurement, upto what level is the calculation error acceptable, based on what criteria and how do we decide this? tldr; What is the uncertainty due to calculation.
there is no uncertainty in sqrt(2) also not in pi. But there is an unceratinty in the circumferece of a circle of Radius R which is 2*pi*R because R has to me measured.
I have ni links 8.01 Physics Hans C. Ohanian Physics Volume 1 2nd edition W.W. Norton & Company ISBN 0-393-95748-9 8.02 Physics for Scientists & Engineers by Douglas C. Giancoli. Prentice Hall Third Edition ISBN 0-13-021517-18 8.03 Vibrations and Waves by Anthony French CRC Press ISBN 9780748744473 8.03 Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves and Radiation by Bekefi and Barrett. The MIT Press ISBN 0-262-52047-8
What an honor it must’ve been to be a student of Walter Lewin. Like watching Michael Jordan teach kids how to shoot basketball. Thank you for your contribution to physics.
Sometimes periodicity makes me wander around the realm of so-called reincarnation of organisms. To my limited knowledge, substances can cycle, regenerate, and combine again to some complexity, except for energy. What if the soul is something like energy? Does that imply the non-periodicity of soul and incompleteness of reincarnation? Enough wandering, it is time back to the series of lectures of vibration and wave!
This a a hot topic in theoretical physics. Sadly there is no verifiable information on the topic and it cannot be tested. Nothing is implied nor proven to be untrue as of now therefore this topic is nothing but a conversation to have with no scientific evidence involved. Since there is no evidence to disprove it, it is assumed to be a theoretical possibility. Maybe one day.
rofessor, are there any lectures that explain the mechanics of waves? Topics like particle velocity, string wave speed, transverse waves on a string, etc.? Please point me to those, since I heavily rely upon your incredible lectures for my interest in physics.😁
Hi, sorry for being pedantic, but there is an error in the equation given at 46:00. j^j =/= e^j(pi/2), it does = e^(Pi/2). e^j (Pi/2) would not be a real number, but e^(Pi/2) would be a real (but irrational) number
Hi Professor Lewin, thank you so much for these lectures - they are arguably the best in the world (prove me wrong!). At 19:35 you claim that the solution to the differential equation is the wave equation. I taught myself how to solve these sorts of second order differential equations, and arrived at the conclusion that x(t) = x_0*cos(wt)! This is very close to what you have on the blackboard, but missing the phase constant phi. How does phi enter the differential equations?
the angle phi is cricial because your solution demands that x=x_o when t=0 but that is an unnecessary restriction. By adding the phi, x can be x_o at any time that is consitent with the initial condition.
Yes! After all it is a phase shift by definition! Thank you again for the prompt reply! Hope you are safe and well staying at home :) I’ve decided to take up 8.03 :)))
If you notice the equation, we can generate gravity force in the circle shape like in the movie if we had enough radius and orbit velocity. # For signaling sometime we use inband, outband signal then for some telephone application need to add keypad sound. Or some ppl may have an extra wide frequency range or driving.
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 I have passion for physics. Currently I'm in physics major in "Dhaka University" where the famous "Bose-Einstein condensation " was discovered by Professor Satyandranath Bose. There are now only a few good professors left. I wish I were in your University 20 years ago when you were young. When you had good days 😄. I have mad respect for you.
And for having water in less than 17 second just make one outlet half the size of other so that at bottle intersection there is a gap also at the base of vertically held bottle make a hold and volla we have filling at a much accelerate rate
Professor Walter, After taking 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, i'm considering taking 8.04 & 8.05 but i don't know which courses should i take after those. i saw 8.286 "The Early universe" in MIT OCW, & saw 8.421+8.422 (Atomic and Optical Physics I,II), also saw 8.333+8.334 (Statistical Mechanics I,II). I noticed that 8.333+8.334 & 8.421+8.422 are Graduate courses not undergraduate so i was wondering if you can suggest me what to see next? Thanks in advance, btw i enjoyed your courses alot
what I derive in class are periods for small angles. In the case of a simple pendulum the periods at 1 degree or 10 degrees are the same within the accuarcy of my measurements. In French' book you can find the EXACT period for any angle; it's a series. Large angle periods can also be derived for physical pendulums - try to find them online.
Professor, what was it that you aid was on the pipe at 48:51? Couldn't hear it properly. Was it "grid"? But what is meant by a grid? Also, did anyone come up with an explanation for the pipe producing 110 Hz just by heating and cooling?
Great video! On the topic of physical pendulums - if you fire a bullet horizontally into (embedding itself into) the lower end of a rod with lenght L that's hanging vertically with a frictionless pivot about the top end. The rod and the bullet both have mass M. How can I express the maximum angle that the rod-bullet pendulum will make with the vertical?
+psynfel Since the pivot is frictionless mechanical energy is conserved IF I may ignore the heat produced by the bullet. But that is NOT the case. The impact of the bullet is a completely inelastic collision. In all inelastic collisions heat is produced, thus mechanical energy is not conserved. The bullet hits the rod at time t=0 and stops in the rod,. Angular momentum relative to the pivot point is conserved comparing the time (t=0) just before the hit and just after. Before the collision the angular momentum is only in the bullet, it is LMv where v is the speed of the bullet. Immediately after the collision the angular momentum is I_tot*omega. I_tot is the moment of inertia of the rod + the bullet. That allows you to calculate omega at time t=0 when the rod is still in vertical position. Thus you now know what at t=0 the KE of the system (rod + bullet) is; it is 0.5*I_tot*(omega)^2. You have to know, of course, how to calculate I_tot of the system (see below). For t>0 you can now use the conservation of energy: 0.5*I_tot*(omega)^2= the PE when the pendulum (+ bullet) come to a halt at angle @. I of the bullet alone is M*L^2. The integral to calculate I of the rod alone is not very hard. The mass, dm, in a section dx of the rod is (dx/L)M. Thus the dI of section dx alone is (dx/L)M*x^2. Since you have to take all values of x into account, you have to integrate from x=0 to x=L. The integral x^2.dx is (1/3)*x^3 thus integrating between x=0 and L leads to (1/3)*L^3. Thus the I of the rod alone is (1/3)*M*L^2 and I_tot=M*L^2+(1/3)*M*L^2. The PE of the bullet alone is MgL(1-cos@). The PE of the rod alone (when the angle is @) of section dx is (dx/L)M*gh. h here is x(1-cos@). Since you have to take all values of x into account, you have to integrate from x=0 to x=L. The integral of x.dx is 0.5x^2. Since x goes from 0 to L, the integral becomes 0.5*L^2. Thus the PE of the rod alone is 0.5MgL(1-cos@). Using the conservation of energy at t>0 we find that 0.5*I_tot*omega^2=[MgL+0.5MgL](1-cos@). This is one equation with @ as unknown. Thus you can now find @ which is the angle when the rod and bullet come to a halt. You can now also calculate how much energy was lost in heat. Before the impact the total energy was 0.5*Mv^2 (v being the speed of the bullet). Just after the collision the total energy is 0.5*I_tot*omega^2. Thus the heat loss is 0.5*Mv^2 - 0.5*I_tot*omega^2. I suggest that you calculate which fraction of the total KE of the bullet is converted to heat. Let me know your answer please.
+Lectures by Walter Lewin. They will make you ♥ Physics. Thanks once again for your amazing support on this one! I've been sitting for a couple of hours going and what I come up with is that @=arccos(1-((4v^2)/(9gL))). All I could think of was to use the relationship with v=omega*r and replace omega^2 with (v/L)^2. I'm not sure if that's even the right thing to do here.. And with the same substitution I got that the energy loss should be equal to (-1/6)mv^2. My eyes are bleeding and I'm not even sure if I'm on the right track here haha! That omega=v/r relationship can be used when there's a uniform circular motion which this cannot be treated as. Maybe in the instant when t>0 it can be applied. If not - I'm clueless!
+psynfel PSYNFEL: v=omega*r is of NO relevance here. It's an equation that you remember without an appreciation for it's meaning. what is v and what r in your equation. If r is L your v would be the speed of the tip of †he pendulum which changes in time from a max value †o zero when the pendulum comes to a halt. Your v is NOT constant. V of the bullet is the speed of the bullet before hitting the pendulum; that's a given. That V will certainly show up in the value if @.. If that V is zero @ must be zero, if that V goes up, @ must increase. By using v=omega*r you are indicating that you are not yet ready to deal with these problems. Your time may come, but not yet. Apart from that I asked you to derive which fraction of the original energy in the bullet is converted to heat. I will derive that today for you and post it. I will also solve my equations for @. Using v=omega*r is as useless as using F=Ma as neither of these 2 equations are of any use here. Do not feel bad. You are learning!
+Lectures by Walter Lewin. They will make you ♥ Physics. That's what I suspected. But I ran out of ideas :( Omega must be zero when @ is reached. Thank you for doing this Walter, it is very appreciated! I'm trying to figure this one out - I'll post if I think I'm on the right track.
+psynfel alpha can be derived from my equations. Notice that I wrote, this is one equation with one unknown @. Thus you can solve for @. I will do that later today for you. I also derived the heat loss (call it H) in this inelastic collision. The FRACTION of the original energy that is converted to heat is thus H/(KE of the bullet). I will also calculate that and post it here.
In 8.03. do you also use book "Physics" by Ohanian? I managed to get a pdf version of a book called 'Physics for scientists and engineers,9th edition' from Serway,Jewett and it seems like a very nice book and plus it's very similiar to your lectures.
I wish I could get the opportunity to enter into MIT and explore physics.In my school I use to hate physics but after your lectures.I am inspired to become a physics teacher.🙏🏿With deepest gratitude.🙏🏿
At 30:31, why did you multiply the error for your reaction time with square root of 2? Isn't your reaction time independent of the mass of the object ?
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 So if we assume m_2 = 10000*m_1 then the ratio is sqrt(10000)=100 and therefore the uncertainty of measurement is also 100*0.15s = + or - 15 seconds. But if you were to measure it, it would still take 0.15 second to react and not 15 seconds.
Professor, how can we find the time period of a spring system oscillating like a simple pendulum. I mean like a simple pendulum is made to oscillate by displacing it by a angle *theta* .There is a spring in place of a string.
Sir,when i was reading a book on physics by resnick and halliday it was mentioned that the velocity of the particle at equilibrium is the highest when it is undergoing a SHO. But there was no explanation on why is it so.Could you please tell me why?
The total energy in a system undergoing SHM can be considered a constant in the absence of damping. The total energy is a combination of potential and kinetic energy, and the proportion of the total energy taken up by either kinetic or potential energy keeps changing. At the equilibrium position, the kinetic energy contributes all of the total energy, resulting in the highest velocity. The opposite is true when the object is at the extreme position, or when the displacement equals the amplitude, at that instant, all of the energy consists only of potential energy, giving an instantaneous velocity of 0.
Sir, If we try to draw the graph for y=a sin^2 (wt) then we will get same graph as sine curve but it is shifted above the x-axis.so that object will oscillate between x=0 to x=a with mean position at x=a/2 and it's time period will be half. So this condition is same as that of SHM with shifted mean position. So why can't we consider it as SHM?
so more the mass of the spring lesser becomes the time period of the spring . Can we make the time period of a giant spring same for both heavier m1 and lighter m2 ?
Hello sir can you please explain why does flag perform wave motion , what is the necessary restoring force on it in case of steady winds. I have been thinking about that for so long now . It was at 7:08
Dear Professor Walter Lewin, Could you please share the reading assignments(sections) alloted for vibrations and waves in A P French's textbook? I have decided to study this course on my own due to my self interest though my university does not provide any specific course on vibrations and waves. I shall be extremely grateful if you could provide me assistance by sharing the reading assignments in French's text. Thank you
Why does the long red pole pole produces sound when you heat it from the bottom? I have an answer.. It may be wrong but did the mesh absorb the heat and after you removed the flame,started to vibrate at the resonant frequency of the pole,and the pole picked up that frequency and produced that sound.
hello sir I'm a new physics teacher from morroco, your lectures are really helpful for me and I want , if it's possible, the handout of 8 01, 8 02 and 8 03 in order to complete understanding of the lectures thank you sir for your creativity
Ahmed, of course you may hand out anything to your students related to my lectures. My homework assignments, my exams, the solutions and my Lecture Notes are posted below the video thumb nails on my channel.
I have a explanation for the heated cylinder phenomenon and its i say similar to the bottle with water phenomenon and the hot gases tend to come out of the cylinder but at the same time cold gases neeed to go in and that happend in a way similar to the bottle experiment and due to this the air gets a wave like motion giving us the sound of I'm wrong I would be happy if someone could correct me
According to the proof you gave time period of a simple pendulum does not depend upon mass.But i found a question in IIT JEE which states as following: A hollow pendulum bob filled with water has a small hole at the bottom through which water escapes at a constant rate .What would be the time period when water flows out ? The answer given was very peculiar it states that t increases first and them decreases.Can you explain whats wrong here>>
This is a classic IIT question. I have never seen their solutions. When the water flows our 2 things happen. the center of mass of the bob goes down thus the length of the pendulum increases thus it will take longer to make one oscillation. However, when the angle of the pendulum is not zero degrees, then the water that runs out will exert an upward force on the bob. Image for the sake of argument that this force is HUGE. It could then make the mass of the bob effectively zero. Thus the pendulum is now a physical pendulum and the period of oscill will now be determined by the mass and length of the string. You should be able to calculate what the period then would be. Assume mass of the string is m and length is L and the bob is weightless. Apart from this, when all the water has run out, perhaps (this is not mentioned in the text) the mass of the string can no longer be ignored. Thus the pendulum has again become a physical pendulum. To calculate the period of oscill you will have to know both the mass of the bob and of the string and L.
Professor, why in your simple harmonic oscillation there is no diffrents between cos and sin? In my books there is sin but you have written there cos and im really confused now.
+pajaczekps3 a cos and a sin only differ by a phase angle. Thus you may choose either one. You are free to choose your t=0. If you move t=0 by (1/4)T then a sin will become a cos and vice versa.
I find it fascinating that this lecture was recorded when i was 3 months old, and here i am indluging in the same material for my course 19 years later. Timeless content professor!
I've moved soo far in engineering. I wish i spent my time with your video's earlier! I've spent days trying to understand the concepts which you've taught in 8.01, 8.02 and 8.03 which could have been shortened. Loved it! Will recommend every high school kid!
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Please can you send me link of 801 I can't find them
@@diwakarsingh48 did you find it?
@@diwakarsingh48 search at youtube " walter lewin 801"
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So glad I've stumbled upon these lectures. If only my lecturers were anywhere near as good as you, Professor, my engineering studies would me so much easier. Your passion is inspiring!
+Random Username Thank you!
Never have I ever seen any teacher, teaching with this much of passion😭... By going through your lectures, anyone can fall in love with physics... Thank you sir for all your efforts❣️...
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15 years later I thank you very much for this a lecture!!!! I hope you have a great life.
I so love such Teachers. Their passion is contagious. They are a Gift to Mankind.
THAT WAS ONE BRILLIANT LECTURE!!!!!
I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HIS LECTURES...
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sir, you just enabled me to understand how nature and physics are so intimately linked .
i am from india and i want to become the greatest physicist and make my country proud.
thank you
good luck!
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 thank you very much sir
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 🤗 Love from India 🇮🇳
Respected Sir
Your lectures have let me explore physics in a beautifully different manner. Thank you for bringing out the aptitude for physics in me. Keep doing what you do; many students owe you.
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Apart from being informative, these lectures are quite fun to watch. Thank you for such pieces of art Professor Lewin!!
Its pretty mesmerizing the way you teach sir... And also you teach every fact without missing anything. Thank you sir!!
wow, well Dr Lewin... I've seen about 90 % of your 801 and 802 videos... and now I've started with your 803 lectures.. I have to tell you... I really enjoy ALL your videos.. they are all Good!!.. but what I really need to tell you is that THIS video is the BEST I have seen!!.. From beginning to end you have scripted the video PERFECTLY.. your chalkboard execution, your Demonstrations, your Interaction with the Students.. ALL OF IT was a Perfect Lecture Video!!!.. THANK YOU!!.. I found myself pausing the video and taking NOTES and doing calculations. I was totally involved as if I were a Student sitting in your lecture hall.... Congrats!!..
thanks for your kind words
Really professor, you gave a five minutes break in an 85 min lecture. In my high school days, my physics teacher lectured SHM ( it was the same topic in the video and little bit more) for more than 6 hours. *YES YES YES YES WITHOUT ANY BREAK*. I almost died on that day
Damn Professor Nergis Mavalvala was in the audience she had no idea she will be part o the team that will discover Gravitational Waves twelve years later
Huh????
@@gamerboyss5310 professor nergis mavalvala was present in the lecture hall. She discovered gravitational waves 12 years after this lecture
Nergis was co-discoverer. Prof Rai Weiss of MIT and Kip Thorne of Caltech + 1 more person shared the Nobel Prize for this magnificent discovery.
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 nice
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 That person was professor Barry Barish. Why everyone keeps forgetting him?
No one is like you sir
You made me love physics
Huge respect from an Indian🇮🇳
sir todaye I firstly took your lecture. I realiz that there is no one in india who can teach like you. I will teach students like you sir thank you
no one except alakh pandey :)
Thank you very much, great lecture! In the pendulum experiment you’ve predicted time 20.17+-0.2s and got 20.52+-0.15s. If we take the first time with the higher bound and the second time with the lower one, we get 20.37s in both cases, so can we say that the outcome was actually within the bounds of the prediction and that the friction wasn’t the problem?
predcited 20.17+-0.2s - observed 20.52+-0.15s is in very good agreement with the prediction.
The greatest Physics professor in the world! 👍
Great great great no words to appreciate my aim is to become even 1% like you.
I m not in high school and your abilities to make one understand are out standing that I get all of them so well!
Dangerous lecture to watch with your headphones on xD :P
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These badges on your shirt different in every video are just lovely especially that egg one!
I was just thinking of it haha
It's like I am addicting to watch your lectures, from 8.01, to 8.02x, and now 8.03...
You saved me from the bland and bored lectures by my phy prof..!!!
Dear Sir , its the best lecture I have ever had . I wish I could have taken it earlier . ❤ you Sir .
I am understanding him little because I am Indian guy and here english is not spoken in such flow but physics practicle
Really amaze me ..... I try to write my word in English so you all my English guy 👦 understand....may my words are proper 😇
Thank you for your lectures.
MIT lectures with you that is excellent to understand physics to demonstrate phenomenon.
Waaoo Sir..
"Aaaa man point one five" and body language....lovely
I have written something before " Oscillation in relation is okay but frequency of that should be moderate ". During the lecture I thought that this is something which is matching here. Thanks sir for your efforts always. I can feel physics more because of you. love you. :)
I wish there was enough lectures by Walter to last me a life time
One of my main reasons why I want to study at MIT,the professors’ teaching are simple,easy to understand and interesting.Maybe one day I hope I will be able to join Master program at MIT.
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I wonder how much patience you have to answer all the questions we ask
Professor, if we are not doing anything then is it periodic.
I mean to say that the graph of our moyion is Y=0
Where x axis represents time and y represents displacement
Hello! I'm a current MIT student and love your lectures! I was able to ASE 8.01 because of them! For that, thank you so much. In fact, I'm considering taking the 8.03 ASE. Do you think the 8.03 curriculum has changed much since you've taught it?
8.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 cannot change very much
who will be teaching 8.03?
Sarah, how to get admission in MIT...
Plz explain to me
Sarah plz share how to get admission
Sir what an excellent lecture delivered by you!!!!
Love from BITS PILANI, INDIA
Physics is experiments!!!!! but the way we're learning it in school it's just. .. Thank you so much sirr it helped a lott to understand the concept 🙏🙏🙏🙏
You are most welcome
prof i wanted to ask that can we hear the same frequency from the video as you heard phyiscally in the classroom?
Life would have been so simpler if he would have been my instructor🌸🌸
Very informative and excellent lecture . Thanks to you lewin sir
You are most welcome
I m doing the chapter on oscillations. This lecture trigged my imagination.
I love you sir from pakistan...you devote your whole life for physicss
I have a question, @10:09 prof lewin takes the value of sqrt(2) as 1.414, "Now we know that any measurement is meaningless without the knowledge of uncertainty" as prof lewin says :) But I'm confused. The value that we have taken is not exactly sqrt(2) it's only an approximation(1.414), So how do we decide the value that we need to take, up to how many decimal places? How does it affect the uncertainity in our measurement; the degree of accuracy of our result depends on the accuracy of the calculation. In real life we can never multiply exactly by sqrt(2). This is causing a calculation error in our measurement, upto what level is the calculation error acceptable, based on what criteria and how do we decide this? tldr; What is the uncertainty due to calculation.
there is no uncertainty in sqrt(2) also not in pi. But there is an unceratinty in the circumferece of a circle of Radius R which is 2*pi*R because R has to me measured.
What textbook are the assignments from? Could you provide a link if possible for the textbook? Thanks
I have ni links
8.01
Physics
Hans C. Ohanian
Physics
Volume 1
2nd edition
W.W. Norton & Company
ISBN 0-393-95748-9
8.02
Physics for Scientists & Engineers by Douglas C. Giancoli.
Prentice Hall
Third Edition
ISBN 0-13-021517-18
8.03
Vibrations and Waves by
Anthony French
CRC Press
ISBN 9780748744473
8.03
Electromagnetic Vibrations, Waves and Radiation
by Bekefi and Barrett.
The MIT Press
ISBN 0-262-52047-8
Lectures by Walter Lewin. They will make you ♥ Physics. Thank you for the swift response
What an honor it must’ve been to be a student of Walter Lewin. Like watching Michael Jordan teach kids how to shoot basketball. Thank you for your contribution to physics.
Sometimes periodicity makes me wander around the realm of so-called reincarnation of organisms. To my limited knowledge, substances can cycle, regenerate, and combine again to some complexity, except for energy. What if the soul is something like energy? Does that imply the non-periodicity of soul and incompleteness of reincarnation? Enough wandering, it is time back to the series of lectures of vibration and wave!
This a a hot topic in theoretical physics. Sadly there is no verifiable information on the topic and it cannot be tested. Nothing is implied nor proven to be untrue as of now therefore this topic is nothing but a conversation to have with no scientific evidence involved. Since there is no evidence to disprove it, it is assumed to be a theoretical possibility. Maybe one day.
rofessor, are there any lectures that explain the mechanics of waves? Topics like particle velocity, string wave speed, transverse waves on a string, etc.? Please point me to those, since I heavily rely upon your incredible lectures for my interest in physics.😁
Professor Lewin I hope you are doing well. I've been busy working (and trying to breath). Someday I'll be able to revisit your classes again.
32:30 trick question haha 😆 Amazing lecture!
Hi, sorry for being pedantic, but there is an error in the equation given at 46:00. j^j =/= e^j(pi/2), it does = e^(Pi/2). e^j (Pi/2) would not be a real number, but e^(Pi/2) would be a real (but irrational) number
No mistake! j=e^(j*pi/2) and that's what I wrote on the blackboard. By the way, j^j = e^(-pi/2) but I did not write that on the blackboard.
Aha!! My bad.
sir. you are greatest a physic teacher who i ever see. your explanation is beyond of equation. are there next series 8.04?
8.04 is quantum mechanics
Hi Professor Lewin, thank you so much for these lectures - they are arguably the best in the world (prove me wrong!). At 19:35 you claim that the solution to the differential equation is the wave equation. I taught myself how to solve these sorts of second order differential equations, and arrived at the conclusion that x(t) = x_0*cos(wt)! This is very close to what you have on the blackboard, but missing the phase constant phi. How does phi enter the differential equations?
the angle phi is cricial because your solution demands that x=x_o when t=0 but that is an unnecessary restriction. By adding the phi, x can be x_o at any time that is consitent with the initial condition.
Yes! After all it is a phase shift by definition! Thank you again for the prompt reply! Hope you are safe and well staying at home :) I’ve decided to take up 8.03 :)))
If you notice the equation, we can generate gravity force in the circle shape like in the movie if we had enough radius and orbit velocity.
# For signaling sometime we use inband, outband signal then for some telephone application need to add keypad sound. Or some ppl may have an extra wide frequency range or driving.
About the heat problem. Is it because length gets bigger when heated?
This is absolutely gorgeous and mesmerizing lecture
Glad you think so!
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 I have passion for physics. Currently I'm in physics major in "Dhaka University" where the famous "Bose-Einstein condensation " was discovered by Professor Satyandranath Bose. There are now only a few good professors left. I wish I were in your University 20 years ago when you were young. When you had good days 😄. I have mad respect for you.
how does he calculate the error in the Hoop predection?
Sir
If a light bulb blinks every 1 sec can we say that it is oscillating with 1 oscillation per second
And for having water in less than 17 second just make one outlet half the size of other so that at bottle intersection there is a gap also at the base of vertically held bottle make a hold and volla we have filling at a much accelerate rate
Professor Walter, After taking 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, i'm considering taking 8.04 & 8.05 but i don't know which courses should i take after those. i saw 8.286 "The Early universe" in MIT OCW, & saw 8.421+8.422 (Atomic and Optical Physics I,II), also saw 8.333+8.334 (Statistical Mechanics I,II). I noticed that 8.333+8.334 & 8.421+8.422 are Graduate courses not undergraduate so i was wondering if you can suggest me what to see next?
Thanks in advance, btw i enjoyed your courses alot
keep doing what you are doing
so you think that i should go after 8.286 when i finish 8.05?
are these could be viewed by NEET aspirants?
Can i refer this lectures for jee preparation
Yes bro but this only builds up your understanding of concept after watching I suggest you to go through your text books and solve questions of jee
Is it possible to speed up the ball by the energy of falling and using gravity to return to the place because of the acceleration, thank you
Sir,
Is the period of oscillation a function of initial angular displacement in case of large oscillations (>20deg) in simple pendulum?
what I derive in class are periods for small angles. In the case of a simple pendulum the periods at 1 degree or 10 degrees are the same within the accuarcy of my measurements. In French' book you can find the EXACT period for any angle; it's a series. Large angle periods can also be derived for physical pendulums - try to find them online.
Professor, what was it that you aid was on the pipe at 48:51? Couldn't hear it properly. Was it "grid"? But what is meant by a grid? Also, did anyone come up with an explanation for the pipe producing 110 Hz just by heating and cooling?
Because of the hot grit the tube becomes a chimney. Cold air enters the bottom while the hot air leaves at the top hence creating the tone.
Great video! On the topic of physical pendulums - if you fire a bullet horizontally into (embedding itself into) the lower end of a rod with lenght L that's hanging vertically with a frictionless pivot about the top end. The rod and the bullet both have mass M. How can I express the maximum angle that the rod-bullet pendulum will make with the vertical?
+psynfel Since the pivot is frictionless mechanical energy is conserved IF I may ignore the heat produced by the bullet. But that is NOT the case. The impact of the bullet is a completely inelastic collision. In all inelastic collisions heat is produced, thus mechanical energy is not conserved. The bullet hits the rod at time t=0 and stops in the rod,. Angular momentum relative to the pivot point is conserved comparing the time (t=0) just before the hit and just after. Before the collision the angular momentum is only in the bullet, it is LMv where v is the speed of the bullet. Immediately after the collision the angular momentum is I_tot*omega. I_tot is the moment of inertia of the rod + the bullet. That allows you to calculate omega at time t=0 when the rod is still in vertical position. Thus you now know what at t=0 the KE of the system (rod + bullet) is; it is 0.5*I_tot*(omega)^2. You have to know, of course, how to calculate I_tot of the system (see below). For t>0 you can now use the conservation of energy: 0.5*I_tot*(omega)^2= the PE when the pendulum (+ bullet) come to a halt at angle @. I of the bullet alone is M*L^2. The integral to calculate I of the rod alone is not very hard. The mass, dm, in a section dx of the rod is (dx/L)M. Thus the dI of section dx alone is (dx/L)M*x^2. Since you have to take all values of x into account, you have to integrate from x=0 to x=L. The integral x^2.dx is (1/3)*x^3 thus integrating between x=0 and L leads to (1/3)*L^3. Thus the I of the rod alone is (1/3)*M*L^2 and I_tot=M*L^2+(1/3)*M*L^2.
The PE of the bullet alone is MgL(1-cos@). The PE of the rod alone (when the angle is @) of section dx is (dx/L)M*gh. h here is x(1-cos@). Since you have to take all values of x into account, you have to integrate from x=0 to x=L. The integral of x.dx is 0.5x^2. Since x goes from 0 to L, the integral becomes 0.5*L^2. Thus the PE of the rod alone is 0.5MgL(1-cos@). Using the conservation of energy at t>0 we find that
0.5*I_tot*omega^2=[MgL+0.5MgL](1-cos@). This is one equation with @ as unknown. Thus you can now find @ which is the angle when the rod and bullet come to a halt.
You can now also calculate how much energy was lost in heat. Before the impact the total energy was 0.5*Mv^2 (v being the speed of the bullet). Just after the collision the total energy is 0.5*I_tot*omega^2. Thus the heat loss is 0.5*Mv^2 - 0.5*I_tot*omega^2. I suggest that you calculate which fraction of the total KE of the bullet is converted to heat. Let me know your answer please.
+Lectures by Walter Lewin. They will make you ♥ Physics.
Thanks once again for your amazing support on this one! I've been sitting for a couple of hours going and what I come up with is that @=arccos(1-((4v^2)/(9gL))). All I could think of was to use the relationship with v=omega*r and replace omega^2 with (v/L)^2. I'm not sure if that's even the right thing to do here..
And with the same substitution I got that the energy loss should be equal to (-1/6)mv^2. My eyes are bleeding and I'm not even sure if I'm on the right track here haha! That omega=v/r relationship can be used when there's a uniform circular motion which this cannot be treated as. Maybe in the instant when t>0 it can be applied. If not - I'm clueless!
+psynfel PSYNFEL: v=omega*r is of NO relevance here. It's an equation that you remember without an appreciation for it's meaning. what is v and what r in your equation. If r is L your v would be the speed of the tip of †he pendulum which changes in time from a max value †o zero when the pendulum comes to a halt. Your v is NOT constant. V of the bullet is the speed of the bullet before hitting the pendulum; that's a given. That V will certainly show up in the value if @.. If that V is zero @ must be zero, if that V goes up, @ must increase. By using v=omega*r you are indicating that you are not yet ready to deal with these problems. Your time may come, but not yet.
Apart from that I asked you to derive which fraction of the original energy in the bullet is converted to heat. I will derive that today for you and post it. I will also solve my equations for @.
Using v=omega*r is as useless as using F=Ma as neither of these 2 equations are of any use here. Do not feel bad. You are learning!
+Lectures by Walter Lewin. They will make you ♥ Physics.
That's what I suspected. But I ran out of ideas :( Omega must be zero when @ is reached. Thank you for doing this Walter, it is very appreciated! I'm trying to figure this one out - I'll post if I think I'm on the right track.
+psynfel alpha can be derived from my equations. Notice that I wrote, this is one equation with one unknown @. Thus you can solve for @. I will do that later today for you. I also derived the heat loss (call it H) in this inelastic collision. The FRACTION of the original energy that is converted to heat is thus H/(KE of the bullet). I will also calculate that and post it here.
Respected sir.,, why you wouldn't teach lagrangian or hamiltonian formalism in mechanics?
it's not part of MIT's 8.01
Sir your link isn't working for assignments
In 8.03. do you also use book "Physics" by Ohanian? I managed to get a pdf version of a book called 'Physics for scientists and engineers,9th edition' from Serway,Jewett and it seems like a very nice book and plus it's very similiar to your lectures.
+Ivan Antunović I used Antony French's book and Bekefi and Barrett.
Where you got this book
Can i do this playlist before 8.04
Sir at 1:12:42, the mass at P is not equal to the mass of the whole ring.
but why is it taken that way??
Brillian lecture.
What if the mass of spring is not so small or also almost equal to the mass hanging ?
I wish I could get the opportunity to enter into MIT and explore physics.In my school I use to hate physics but after your lectures.I am inspired to become a physics teacher.🙏🏿With deepest gratitude.🙏🏿
Professor, At 17:00, are you trying to say that x0=xcost(wt+phi)? but wrote it as xcos(wt+phi)?
At 30:31, why did you multiply the error for your reaction time with square root of 2?
Isn't your reaction time independent of the mass of the object ?
sqrt of the ration of the 2 masses
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So if we assume m_2 = 10000*m_1 then the ratio is sqrt(10000)=100 and therefore the uncertainty of measurement is also 100*0.15s = + or - 15 seconds. But if you were to measure it, it would still take 0.15 second to react and not 15 seconds.
Wonderful lectures sir!
Can you please explain how the tornado helps air flow more easily at 50:23?
use google
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 Lmao
Professor, how can we find the time period of a spring system oscillating like a simple pendulum. I mean like a simple pendulum is made to oscillate by displacing it by a angle *theta* .There is a spring in place of a string.
it's a classic problem. use google
Sir,when i was reading a book on physics by resnick and halliday it was mentioned that the velocity of the particle at equilibrium is the highest when it is undergoing a SHO. But there was no explanation on why is it so.Could you please tell me why?
Release a pendulum at angle theta. Its highest speed is when theta is zero. That's its equilibrium position.
The total energy in a system undergoing SHM can be considered a constant in the absence of damping.
The total energy is a combination of potential and kinetic energy, and the proportion of the total energy taken up by either kinetic or potential energy keeps changing.
At the equilibrium position, the kinetic energy contributes all of the total energy, resulting in the highest velocity.
The opposite is true when the object is at the extreme position, or when the displacement equals the amplitude, at that instant, all of the energy consists only of potential energy, giving an instantaneous velocity of 0.
Sir,
If we try to draw the graph for y=a sin^2 (wt) then we will get same graph as sine curve but it is shifted above the x-axis.so that object will oscillate between x=0 to x=a with mean position at x=a/2 and it's time period will be half. So this condition is same as that of SHM with shifted mean position. So why can't we consider it as SHM?
sin^2 is not a solution to d2x/dt^2 + kx = 0. Thus it is NOT a SHM.
sin 2wt would be a solution.
Happy Teacher's Day from India.
Professor Lewin, i Wonder if there's any subtitles available. Thanks for all the great work!
there are no subtitles on 8.03
There are subtitles for 8.01, 8.02, and for many talks. Click on cc. There are no subtitles for8.03
Sir ,what is the best textbook on wave and vibration which gives more concept.
It's a honour to hear something from you
Berkeley Book (I forgot the title)
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 sir, is it from Berkeley physics course series "Waves by Frank S. Crawford, Jr.
Dear professor Lewin
The link for problem set is not working for me , it it expired or something or there is a problem with my side ?
it is working but you do not know how to access it. Use my playlist "8.03 Homework, Exams, Solutions and Notes"
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 okay professor Lewin
Thanks a lot sir . ❣️❣️
so more the mass of the spring lesser becomes the time period of the spring . Can we make the time period of a giant spring same for both heavier m1 and lighter m2 ?
if the spring is rather massive, its own mass has to be taken into account.
Good... understable about periodic motion...
Sir, did you remove the assignment? After clicking on the link, it is not displaying.
assignments are NEVER removed. try my video "8.01 Assignments, Solutions and Exams"
there is one for 8.01 also for 8.02 and for 8.03
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 okay, thank you
Please tell me in which lecture the acceleration overcomes gravity,the example of a ball gaining speed due to the attraction of the earth?
Sir I can't even hear 14000 Hz .is that my problem or is something wrong with the audio of the lecture?🙄
I cannot hear any freq above 3000 Hz
Sir but my age is 17 ,you are 86 😂
Hello sir can you please explain why does flag perform wave motion , what is the necessary restoring force on it in case of steady winds. I have been thinking about that for so long now . It was at 7:08
Thank you Professor Lewin!!!
what's this 26-100 you keep referring to?
it's the lecture hall at MIT where I gave that lecture
@@lecturesbywalterlewin.they9259 why it's named as 26-100🤔 sir
It just is, you cant be explaining every little thingy
Dear Professor Walter Lewin,
Could you please share the reading assignments(sections) alloted for vibrations and waves in A P French's textbook?
I have decided to study this course on my own due to my self interest though my university does not provide any specific course on vibrations and waves. I shall be extremely grateful if you could provide me assistance by sharing the reading assignments in French's text.
Thank you
all reading assignments and homework of my 3 MIT courses are on my channel.
Thank you professor. I didn't expect the readings along with the problems compiled together as assignments. Sorry for causing you inconvenience.
Sir, the links to lecture notes assignments and solutions of this course are also not working!!!
mit.ucu.ac.ug/OcwWeb/Physics/8-03Fall-2004/CourseHome/index.htm
Why does the long red pole pole produces sound when you heat it from the bottom?
I have an answer.. It may be wrong but did the mesh absorb the heat and after you removed the flame,started to vibrate at the resonant frequency of the pole,and the pole picked up that frequency and produced that sound.
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It's fabulous, isn't it?
Lectures by Walter Lewin. They will make you ♥ Physics. yes it is
Are these lectures be helpful for jee mains and advance in india
Yes but avoid some lecturs of 8.03
Sir,if wind blows in a steady direction why does the foil shakes in both directions???????
Source www.physicsforums.com/threads/why-does-a-flag-ripple-wave.277225/
hello sir I'm a new physics teacher from morroco, your lectures are really helpful for me and I want , if it's possible, the handout of 8 01, 8 02 and 8 03 in order to complete understanding of the lectures
thank you sir for your creativity
Ahmed, of course you may hand out anything to your students related to my lectures. My homework assignments, my exams, the solutions and my Lecture Notes are posted below the video thumb nails on my channel.
thanks a lot sir I appreciate that , and there is one more request please, can I have your facebouk and Email account
I have a explanation for the heated cylinder phenomenon and its i say similar to the bottle with water phenomenon and the hot gases tend to come out of the cylinder but at the same time cold gases neeed to go in and that happend in a way similar to the bottle experiment and due to this the air gets a wave like motion giving us the sound of I'm wrong I would be happy if someone could correct me
Professor you lectures are super exciting. Big up.
According to the proof you gave time period of a simple pendulum does not depend upon mass.But i found a question in IIT JEE
which states as following: A hollow pendulum bob filled with water has a small hole at the bottom through which water escapes at a constant rate .What would be the time period when water flows out ? The answer given was very peculiar it states that t increases first and them decreases.Can you explain whats wrong here>>
This is a classic IIT question. I have never seen their solutions. When the water flows our 2 things happen. the center of mass of the bob goes down thus the length of the pendulum increases thus it will take longer to make one oscillation. However, when the angle of the pendulum is not zero degrees, then the water that runs out will exert an upward force on the bob. Image for the sake of argument that this force is HUGE. It could then make the mass of the bob effectively zero. Thus the pendulum is now a physical pendulum and the period of oscill will now be determined by the mass and length of the string. You should be able to calculate what the period then would be. Assume mass of the string is m and length is L and the bob is weightless. Apart from this, when all the water has run out, perhaps (this is not mentioned in the text) the mass of the string can no longer be ignored. Thus the pendulum has again become a physical pendulum. To calculate the period of oscill you will have to know both the mass of the bob and of the string and L.
Thanks a lot sir..These questions take away my brain..
I wish I had a teacher like you
Professor, why in your simple harmonic oscillation there is no diffrents between cos and sin? In my books there is sin but you have written there cos and im really confused now.
+pajaczekps3 a cos and a sin only differ by a phase angle. Thus you may choose either one. You are free to choose your t=0. If you move t=0 by (1/4)T then a sin will become a cos and vice versa.