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Physics III: Vibrations and Waves

Subject: Physics

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Instructor
Prof. Yen-Jie Lee
Term
Fall 2016
Level
Undergraduate
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122 videos · 10 problem sets · 14 exams · 5 solutions · 191 other files · 30 web pages
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 8.03SC Physics III: Vibrations and Waves, Fall 2016, Prof. Yen-Jie Lee — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

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Syllabus

Part I: Mechanical Vibrations and Waves

83 items in this section

Lecture 1: Periodic Oscillations, Harmonic Oscillators

4 files

4 videos

Lecture 2: Damped Free Oscillators

2 files

6 videos

Lecture 3: Driven Oscillators, Transient Phenomena, Resonance

4 files

5 videos

Lecture 4: Coupled Oscillators, Normal Modes

2 files

7 videos

Lecture 5: Beat Phenomena

4 files

5 videos

Lecture 6: Driven Oscillators, Resonance

Lecture 7: Symmetry, Infinite Number of Coupled Oscillators

4 files

3 videos

Lecture 8: Translation Symmetry

Lecture 9: Wave Equation, Standing Waves, Fourier Series

5 files

4 videos

Exam 1

Lecture 10: Traveling Waves

Lecture 11: Sound Waves

4 files

3 videos

Part II: Electromagnetic Waves

25 items in this section

Lecture 12: Maxwell's Equation, Electromagnetic Waves

Lecture 13: Dispersive Medium, Phase Velocity, Group Velocity

5 files

2 videos

Lecture 14: Fourier Transform, AM Radio

Lecture 15: Uncertainty Principle, 2D Waves

Lecture 16: 2D and 3D Waves, Snell's Law

Part III: Optics

47 items in this section

Lecture 17: Polarization, Polarizer

3 files

4 videos

Exam 2

Lecture 18: Wave Plates, Radiation

2 files

6 videos

Lecture 19: Waves in Medium

4 files

3 videos

Lecture 20: Interference, Soap Bubble

3 files

4 videos

Lecture 21: Phased Radar, Single Electron Interference

2 files

5 videos

Lecture 22: Diffraction, Resolution

Lecture 23: Quantum Waves and Gravitational Waves

Lecture 24: Review for Final Exam

Resource Index

4 files

23 videos

Other materials from this course

16 files

6 videos

122 video transcripts
46 images

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