PHYS 751 Theoretical Mechanics

Credits: (3-0) 3

This is a one semester course in classical mechanics. Topics include Newtonian Mechanics, Hamilton’s Principle, Non-Inertial Frames of Reference, Lagrangian Mechanics. Other topics will be chosen from such areas of study as Rigid Body Motion, Chaos theory, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, Perturbation theory, Quaternion applications to rotations, Lagrangian/Hamiltonian formulations for Continuous systems and fields, and other topics of interest.

Prerequisites: PHYS 451 or equivalent.
Notes: This course is cross listed with NANO 751.

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