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Class Detail:
WN 2013 Physics PHYSICS 507 - Theoretical Mechanics I Section 001
Credits:	3
Requirements & Distribution:	BS
Advisory Prerequisites:	Graduate Standing.
BS:	This course counts toward the 60 credits of math/science required for a Bachelor of Science degree.
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Zhou,Bing
	(real time availability for all sections)

Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations, symmetry and conservation laws, central force, rigid body motion, canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, perturbation theory.

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ISBN: 0201657023	Classical mechanics, 3e, Author: Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole., Publisher: PEARSON EDUC (HIGHER ED GRP)(BOX 70632) (NJ) 3rd. ed. 2001
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