Title: Intermediate Classical Mechanics
Professor: Eric Held
Time: 9:00 - 10:15 T Th
Room: SER 122
Semester: Fall 2009
Office Hours: T and Th (10:15-11:30)

Course Objectives
1. Develop a fundamental understanding of Newtonian, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics.
2. Develop the technical skills needed to solve problems in physics.

Syllabus
1. Newton's Laws in Inertial Frames
2. Momentum, Angular Momentum and Energy Conservation
3. Lagrange's Equations and Applications
4. Two-body Problem
5. Mechanics in Noninertial Frames
6. Rigid Bodies
7. Hamilton's Equations and Applications

Text:Classical Mechanics, John R. Taylor

Reference Texts:
Elements of Newtonian Mechanics, Knudsen & Horth
Classical Dynamics, Marion & Thorton
Mechanics, Symon
Analytical Mechanics, Fowles