Classical mechanics is concerned with the state of rest (statics) or motion of bodies that are subjected to forces (dynamics). Both branches combined forms our basis for rigid-body mechanics.

Classical physics describes perfectly deterministic systems, meaning if we know the positions and velocities of the particles in a system at some instant of time, then the future positions and velocities can be predicted with absolute uncertainty. This is not always true, though, which motivates exploration of quantum mechanics.

I took two dedicated courses: CIV100 — Statics and MIE100 — Dynamics.

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