2013-14 Catalog 
    
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2013-14 Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PHY 270 - Classical Dynamics

(4 credits; alternate years, consult department)
The study of how things move. Topics will include kinematics of particles and systems of particles, Newton’s laws of motion, momentum and energy, oscillations/vibrations, Lagrangian mechanics, central forces, non-inertial frames, rigid bodies, and coupled oscillators.

Prerequisites: PHY212 and MAT212. (MAT212 may be taken concurrently with PHY270).