Transcription of 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 .. 12. 2 Motion in 1 dimension 18. Introduction .. 18. Displacement .. 18. Velocity .. 19. Acceleration .. 21. Motion with constant velocity .. 23. Motion with constant acceleration .. 24. Free-fall under gravity .. 26. 3 Motion in 3 dimensions 32. Introduction .. 32. Cartesian coordinates .. 32. Vector displacement .. 33. Vector addition .. 34. Vector magnitude .. 35. 2. Scalar multiplication .. 35. Diagonals of a parallelogram .. 36. Vector velocity and vector acceleration .. 37. Motion with constant velocity.
Physics for scientists and engineers: R.A. Serway, and R.J. Beichner, Fifth edition, Vol. 1 (Saunders College Publishing, Orlando FL, 2000). 1.2 What is classical mechanics? Classical mechanics is the study of the motion of bodies (including the special case in which bodies remain at rest) in accordance with the general principles
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