PHY 293 - Mechanics

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Newtonian mechanics including study of conservation theorems, gravitation, oscillations, calculus of variations, Hamilton’s Principle, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics, central force motion, multiparticle systems, noninertial frames, rigid bodies. Three 50 minute lectures, one recitation per week.
Prerequisite(s): PHY 121.
Corequisite(s): PHY 221.