PHYS 3301 - Analytical Mechanics

Prerequisites: PHYS 1150, MATH 2204, or instructor's consent. This is an intermediate-level course in Newtonian mechanics. Selected topics include the formulation of the central force problem and its application to planetary motion and to scattering, theory of small oscillations, dynamics of rigid body motion, and an introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism. 3 credits