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.
The mks system is not the only system of units in existence. Unfortunately, the obsolete cgs (centimeter-gram-second) system and the even more obsolete fps (foot-pound-second) system are still in use today, although their continued em-ployment is now strongly discouraged in science and …
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