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Syllabus:

Analytical Mechanics, 6 credits

Swedish name: Analytisk mekanik C
This syllabus is valid: 2009-10-26 and until further notice
Syllabus for courses starting before
Course code: 5FY001
Credit points: 6
Education level: First cycle
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: Pass with distinction, Pass with merit, Pass, Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
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
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