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The first part of the course covers the foundations of Newtonian mechanics together with several important applications. Topics include the kinematics of point masses, Newton’s axioms, conservation laws, the two-body problem, scattering, the kinematics of rigid bodies, the inertia tensor, forced oscillations, and normal modes.
The second part introduces special relativity. Topics include the postulates of classical and relativistic mechanics, Lorentz transformations, time dilation, length contraction, the addition of velocities, energy and momentum in relativity, two-body decays, particle production, and Minkowskian geometry.
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