PHY-421: Mechanics

Note: Experience with a speadsheet, Mathematica, or a programming Ianguage is needed for the problem sets. Newton's laws of motion and conservation laws Oscillations: damped, driven oscillator Lagrangian dynamics Central force motion Dynamics of multiparticle systems Motion in a noninertial reference frame Rigid bodies Coupled oscillators Nonlinear oscillations and chaos.

Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Prerequisites: 
PHY 151 or 171; MATH 233
Corequisites: 
none
Semester(s) offered: 
Fall

Course Schedules

Semester Sec Instructor Times / Rm
Fall 2004 William Gerace
TuTh 9:30-10:45
LGRT 321
Fall 2003 Carlo Dallapiccola
TuTh 9:30
LGRT 321
Fall 2002 Carlo Dallapiccola
TuTh 9:30 - 10:45
LGRT 321
Fall 2001 Carlo Dallapiccola
TuTh 9:30 - 10:45
LGRT 321
Fall 2000 William Gerace
TuTh 9:30 - 10:45
LGRT 321
Maria Kilfoil
TuTh 10-11:15
HAS 134