PHY 2460: Analytical Mechanics

Prerequisite
PHY 1620 or 1940 and Calculus

Corequisite
PHY 2462 Recitation

The fundamentals of classical mechanics. Topics include motion of a particle, conservation of energy, momentum and angular momentum, Lagrange and Hamilton equations, configuration and phase space, orbital mechanics.

Lecture, 3 hours. Recitation, 1 hour.

Credit
3 semester hours