Main Field of Study and progress level:
Physics: First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: TH teknisk betygsskala
Responsible department: Department of Physics
Contents
Repetition of the fundamental principles of mechanics, accelerated reference systems, orientation on non-linear systems and chaos, gravitation, variational principles, Lagrange´s and Hamilton´s equations, three dimensional motion of rigid bodies, coupled oscillations.
Required Knowledge
Mathematical Methods of Physics 15 credits (alternatively Differential Equations 7,5 credits and Calculus in Several Variables 7,5 credits) or equivalent. Classical Mechanics 9 credits or equivalent.
Literature
Valid from:
2011 week 33
Classical dynamics of particles and systems Thornton Stephen T., Marion Jerry B. 5. ed. : Belmont, Calif. : Brooks/Cole - Thomson learning : cop 2004 : xvi, 656 s. : ISBN: 0-534-40896-6 Search the University Library catalogue
