Review of kinematics, Newton's laws, angular momentum and fixed axis rotation. Rigid body motion, central forces, non-inertial frames of reference. Introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. [3-0-1] Prerequisite: One of PHYS 106, PHYS 107, PHYS 117, PHYS 170, SCIE 001 and one of MATH 152, MATH 221, MATH 223. Corequisite: One of MATH 200, MATH 217, MATH 226, MATH 253, MATH 254.
Review of kinematics, Newton's laws, angular momentum and fixed axis rotation. Rigid body motion, central forces, non-inertial frames of reference. Introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. [3-0-1] Prerequisite: One of PHYS 106, PHYS 107, PHYS 117, PHYS 170, SCIE 001 and one of MATH 152, MATH 221, MATH 223. Corequisite: One of MATH 200, MATH 217, MATH 226, MATH 253, MATH 254.