MIT OpenCourseWare
Introduction to Oscillations and Waves
- Instructor
- Dr. Mobolaji Williams
- Term
- Summer 2017
- Level
- High School
- What's inside
- 6 problem sets · 4 exams · 9 solutions · 1 lecture note · 20 other files · 12 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare RES.8-009 Introduction to Oscillations and Waves, Summer 2017, Dr. Mobolaji Williams — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. 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
The Problem-Solving Problem
Lecture Notes
9 files
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lecture 1: Mathematical Modeling and Physics Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lecture 4: Damped Oscillations Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lecture 5: Driven Oscillations Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lecture 6: Coupled Oscillations Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lecture 7: Wave Equation and Standing Waves Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lecture 8: Traveling Waves and Boundary Interactions Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lecture 9: Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lecture 10: Linear Dynamics Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Lectures 2–3: Simple Harmonic Oscillator, Classical Pendulum, and General Oscillations Download
Supplementary Notes
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Supplementary Notes 2: Algebra before Numbers Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Supplementary Notes 3: Units/Dimensions and Limiting Cases Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Supplementary Notes 4: Derivations as Arguments Download
Mathematica Codes
- Numerical DE Assignment Download
- Numerical DE Solution Download
- Damped Oscillator with Solution Download
- Fourier Series Assignment Download
- Fourier Series Solution Download
- Hare and Lynx Euler Method Download
Problem Sets
11 problem sets
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 1 Solutions Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 2 Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 2 Solutions Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 3 Solutions Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 4 Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 4 Solutions Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 5 Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 5 Solutions Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 6 Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Problem Set 6 Solutions Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Starter Problem Set with Solutions Download
Exams
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Final Exam (Group) Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Final Exam (Individual) Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Final Exam (Individual) Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Final Exam (Individual) Solutions Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Midterm Exam Download
- RES.8-009 (Summer 2017), Midterm Exam Solutions Download
Other materials from this course
MIT OpenCourseWare, Dr. Mobolaji Williams, RES.8-009 Introduction to Oscillations and Waves, Summer 2017.
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