2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    Apr 17, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHY 621 - Classical Mechanics

3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Aspects of classical mechanics of significance to modern physical theory. Conceptual structure of Newton’s mechanics, Lagrange’s equations, Hamilton’s principle, canonical equations and canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, small oscillations, rigid-body motion.