THEORETICAL PHYSICS-DYNAMICS

Name: THEORETICAL PHYSICS-DYNAMICS
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Rating: 4.3 (596 reviews)

PHYSICS 711

Course Description

Lagrange's equations, Principle of Least Action, orbits and scattering, kinematics of rotation, rigid body dynamics, small oscillations, special relativistic dynamics, Hamiltonian formulation, canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, canonical perturbation theory, chaos, continuum mechanics, introduction to general relativity.

Prerequisites

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

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Grade Point Average

3.54

1.83% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

1.19% from Historical

A Rate

24.39%

-36.8% from Historical

Class Size

30.7% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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