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PHYS410: Physical Mechanics I (Honors) (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)
Offering:
Fall, Class 3, cr. 3
Prerequisites:
Admission by special permission
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Description:
Newtonian mechanics. Conservation laws. Free, damped and driven harmonic motion. Newton's
law of universal gravitation. Hamilton's principle, Euler-Lagrange equations, Hamilton's equations.
Instructor(s):
RITCHIE, KEN
Email:
kpritchie@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Fall 2018
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
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Introduction to Modern Dynamics | David D. Nolte | 1st | 978-0199657049 | Oxford University Press | Required |
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