Phys 939: Classical Mechanics                                                                                                                                                                           


Syllabus


Fall 2009

Time and place: T R 11:10-12:30pm DEM 253

Instructor:   Silas Beane

Office:    DeMeritt 353                   Phone:   603-862-2720

email:   silas@physics.unh.edu      web:   http://nuclear.unh.edu/~silas/                                                                                                                                                   
Office hours: R 3:30-4:30pm

Topics

Basic principles

Lagrangian formulation

Central force problem

Kinematics of rigid body motion

Rigid body equations of motion

Small oscillations

Hamiltonian formulation

This material is roughly ch 1-6,8 of Goldstein, ch 1-6 of Fetter and ch 1-3,5-7 of Landau.

Calendar  (topics covered & homework)


Schedule and HW