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PY 441 - Classical Mechanics I


Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

A study of the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, damped, undamped, and driven harmonic oscillators, gravity and central force motion, the moment of inertia tensor and its diagonalization, and introduction to Lagrangian mechanics. Prerequisite(s): PY 108 or PY 160, MA 311.