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PHYS 351. Honours Classical Mechanics 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2027
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Description

Rigid bodies, angular momentum, gyroscope, moment of inertia, principal axes, Euler's equations. Coupled oscillations and normal modes. Lagrangian mechanics and applications. Hamiltonian mechanics. Topics in advanced analytical mechanics.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours lectures
  • Prerequisite: PHYS 251.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PHYS 451.

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