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PHYS 320 - Classical Mechanics

An intermediate-level course in mechanics beginning with Newton’s Laws. Topics include: projectiles, oscillations, damping, resonance, rotating coordinate systems, Coriolis forces, conservation laws, angular momentum, central forces, systems of particles, moments of inertia, rigid body rotation. The course emphasizes solutions to ordinary differential equations, and the use of cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems.

Credit(s): 4
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 191  and MATH 345 , or permission of instructor


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