PHYS 2421 Classical Mechanics 3.0 Credits
Intermediate treatment of classical mechanics and dynamics covering topics that include central forces, oscillatory motion, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, phase space, and collisions, motion of systems of particles, center of mass and conservation of linear momentum, description of collisions, Rutherford scattering, dynamics of rigid bodies, coordinate systems, the restricted three-body problem, generalized coordinates, Lagrange's equations and Hamilton's equations, and rotation of frame.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: MATH 1202 [Min Grade: D] (Can be taken Concurrently) or (PHYS 1401 [Min Grade: D] or PHYS 1201 [Min Grade: D])