Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

PHYS 624 - Mechanics


Credits 3

Newtonian mechanics. Mathematical formulation of the dynamics of a particle and systems of particles, including applications to atomic physics. Mechanics of continuous media using Fourier series. Introduction to generalized coordinates and the methods of Lagrange and Hamilton. Crosslisted with PHYS 424. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.



Prerequisites
Graduate standing.