Nov 24, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 310 - Analytical Mechanics


(3 units)

Prerequisite: PHYS 151  
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): MATH 247  or MATH 364A  or MATH 370A .

Kinematics and dynamics of mass points and systems of particles. Conservation laws. Harmonic motion. Central force problem. Noninertial frames of reference. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation of laws of mechanics.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.)