Physics 421 - Classical Mechanics
Fall
2020
01AA
0.00
M 10:10AM 11:00AM
UMass Amherst
68586
Fully Remote Class
Advanced course in undergraduate classical mechanics covering Newtonian dynamics and analytic methods. Topics include: conservation laws, oscillatory phenomena including damping and resonance, central force problems and planetary orbits, rigid body mechanics, an introduction to the calculus of variation and the principle of least action, generalized coordinates, with Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics.
PHYSICS 282 and 287
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.