- Course name:
- Techniques of Theoretical Mechanics
- Course number:
- PH 335.
- Instructor:
- Gire Siemens
- Office hours:
TBD
LAs TBD
- Course credits:
- 4
- Class meeting times:
- 9 hours of lecture/discussion per week for 5 weeks.
- Prerequisites:
- PH 212 and MTH 254
- Course description:
- Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian classical mechanics. Special relativity with relativistic mechanics.
- Learning outcomes:
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1) Solve problems with symbolic (rather than numeric) parameters
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2) Evaluate and articulate whether an answer is reasonable using limiting case analysis, dimensional analysis, or multiple solution paths.
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3) Coordinate multiple representations (e.g. verbal/text descriptions, diagrams, algebraic equations, free-body diagrams, matrix equations, spacetime diagrams, etc) to solve intermediate mechanics problems
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4) Use Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian methods for solving mechanics problems
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5) Use Lorentz transformations to describe physics situations in inertial reference frames
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6) Apply conservation laws appropriately in non-relativistic and relativistic situations
- Course content:
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See also course schedule.
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