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This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
An equation from the course as shown on a chalkboard in the MIT classroom. (Image by Prof. Boleslaw Wyslouch.)
Prof. Boleslaw Wyslouch
8.09
Fall 2006
Undergraduate
This class provides a formal introduction to classical mechanics, Euler-Lagrange equations, Hamilton's equations of motion used to describe central force motion, scattering, perturbation theory and Noether's theorem. The course also extends to continuous and relativistic systems and classical electrodynamics.
Boleslaw Wyslouch. 8.09 Classical Mechanics, Fall 2006. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare), https://ocw.mit.edu (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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