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General Advice: The mathematical skills you need for this problem set include algebra and what differentials are (yes, again). It also involves differential and integral calculus and Taylor expansions. On the physics side, you need to understand Newton's law in terms of the force equals the change in momentum with respect to time (F=dp/dt).

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Jim Freericks, Professor of Physics, freericks at physics dot georgetown dot edu