PHYS 331. Topics in Classical Mechanics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Forced and damped oscillators, Newtonian mechanics in three dimensions, rotational motion, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, small vibrations, normal modes. Nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
- Prerequisite: PHYS 230
- Corequisite: MATH 315
- Restriction: Not open to students having passed PHYS 451 or PHYS 351