Classical Mechanics

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Classical Mechanics An introductory course Richard Fitzpatrick Associate Professor of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Contents 1 Introduction 7. Major sources: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. What is Classical Mechanics ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. mks units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. Standard prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. Other units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Precision and significant figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. Dimensional analysis.

portant applications in other areas of science, such as Astronomy (e.g., celestial mechanics), Chemistry (e.g., the dynamics of molecular collisions), Geology (e.g., the propagation of seismic waves, generated by earthquakes, through the Earth’s crust), and Engineering (e.g., the equilibrium and stability of structures). Classi-

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