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PHYS52100 (PHYS521) Fall 2008

Survey of Classical Physics

Current session: Fall 2008

Offering: Summer, Fall, Spring, Cr. 3

Prerequisites: None

Description: This course is intended for first-year graduate students in the Department of Physics. It provides a survey of major topics in classical mechanics and electromagnetism. The primary objectives is to prepare beginning students for upper-level graduate courses.

Instructor(s):
XIE, WEI

Email:
wxie@purdue.edu

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Course	Title	Author	Edition	ISBN	Publisher
PHYS521	Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems	Thornton & Marion	5th	0-534-408996-6	Thomson Publishing
PHYS521	Introduction to Electrodynamics	David J. Griffiths	3rd	013805326X	Prentice Hall