PHY 405 Classical Mechanics (3 Credits)

Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
Prerequisite(s): PHY 220 and MAT 325
Taught: Variable-chck w/dept
Central forces, planetary motions, calculus of variations, Lagrangian mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, oscillations and normal modes(coupled harmonic oscillator, coupled pendulum, particles on a string), dynamics of rigid bodies, motion in a non-inertial reference frame, kinematics in two particle collisions.
Repeatable: No
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