This course is an upper-level course in non-relativistic classical mechanics. This course is the first mathematically-intensive course in the physics curriculum and relies heavily on calculus and differential equations. A mastery of the material taught in MTH 205 is assumed. The course focuses on a few topics: Newton’s equations of motion, harmonic oscillators, central forces, rotating frames, and collisions. If time permits, we will also cover rigid body rotation and/or nonlinearity and chaos. Phy 262 also serves as an introduction to numeric methods in physics with weekly Matlab “labs” and problems.
The course itself is located on Canvas.