PY 215 - Classical Mechanics

Newton’s laws of motion are investigated in greater detail and an introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics is presented. Coverage of material will include single-particle motion in general central potentials, oscillations, the classical theory of single-particle scattering by central potentials, multi-particle systems and rotational dynamics.

Prerequisites: PY 211; co-requisite MA 303.

Credits: 4 cr.