Solving Olympiad Physics Problems, Volume I

Olympiad in 52 chapters — from “Dimensional analysis” to “Capstone”.

Chapters

  1. Dimensional analysis
  2. Small parameters
  3. Vectors and index notation
  4. Complex numbers and Fourier
  5. Kinematics
  6. Newton’s laws
  7. Momentum and impulse
  8. Energy methods
  9. Central forces
  10. Rotation
  11. Torques and precession
  12. Continua
  13. The canonical oscillator
  14. Waves
  15. Non-linear oscillation
  16. Fluid dynamics
  17. Lagrangian mechanics
  18. Hamiltonian mechanics
  19. Charges, fields, Gauss
  20. Potentials and multipoles
  21. Conductors, capacitance, dielectrics
  22. Currents and magnetic fields
  23. Faraday and induction
  24. Maxwell’s equations
  25. EM waves
  26. DC circuits
  27. Transients and AC
  28. Geometric optics
  29. Wave optics
  30. Polarisation and the photon limit
  31. Temperature, heat, the first law
  32. The second law
  33. Engines and thermodynamic potentials
  34. Kinetic theory
  35. Boltzmann and the partition function
  36. Phase transitions
  37. Black-body radiation
  38. Special relativity
  39. Relativistic dynamics
  40. General relativity
  41. Old quantum and wave mechanics
  42. Atoms and spectra
  43. Quantum statistics
  44. Error analysis and data fitting
  45. Mechanics lab
  46. Electrical lab
  47. Optical lab
  48. Thermal and modern-physics lab
  49. The technique taxonomy
  50. IPhO theoretical paper
  51. IPhO experimental paper
  52. Capstone