FIZ 381E - Classical Mechanics II

Course Objectives

1. Re-examining the various problems we have previously attempted to solve with Newtonian Mechanics by Lagrangian formalism
2. To further improve our mathematical background while trying to understand this formalism
3. 3. To understand this formalism by learning how to look at the problems we encounter in advanced subjects in physics

Course Description

Generalized coordinats, Constraints, Lagrangian Formalism, Euler-Lagrange Equations, Variation (Hamilton) Principle, Noether-Symmetry Principle, Hamilton Equations, Liouville Theorem, Canonical Transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi Equation