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PHYS111 HM - Theoretical Mechanics

Credit(s): 3

Donnelly. The application of mathematical methods to the study of particles and of systems of particles; Newton, Lagrange, and Hamilton equations of motion; conservation theorems; central force motion, collisions, damped oscillators, rigid body dynamics, systems with constraints, variational methods. (Fall)

Prerequisite(s): PHYS023 HM , PHYS024 HM , and MATH065 HM