Faculty Name

Andrew Rundquist

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

PHYS

Course Subject

PHYS

Course Number

PHYS

Course Section

5930

Course Title

Theoretical Mechanics

Academic Term and Year

Spring 2015

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

O

Area of Study

PHYS

Course Description

Goals: To develop an understanding of Newtonian mechanics with emphasis on conservation principles. Content: Particle dynamics in one and three dimensions with special attention to the central force problem, simple harmonic oscillator, kinematics, dynamics of a system of particles, wave motion, generalized coordinates, and the Lagrangian formulation of mechanics. This course acts as an elective of the Computational Science minor because students model dynamical systems using computer software like Mathematica. Taught: Annually. Prerequisite: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3720.

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