Intermediate Classical Mechanics

Undergraduate

Classical mechanics at the intermediate (second-year) level: Newton's Laws and consequences – Galilean invariance, conservation theorems, applications to rectilinear motion and motion in two/three dimensions; introduction to noninertial reference frames, particularly in rectilinear motion; driven oscillators with damping; central forces, the Kepler problem; dynamics of rigid bodies – planar motion; special relativity – Lorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics and dynamics. (Prerequisites: PHYS- 1410 and MATH-1730, or equivalent; Recommended: PHYS-1500.) (3 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week.)