2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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PHYS 3301 - Analytical Mechanics


Prerequisites: PHYS 1150 MATH 2204  or consent of the instructor. 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.