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Classical mechanics 702


 
Modulekode PHY 702
Kwalifikasie Postgraduate
Fakulteit Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Module-inhoud

Lagrangian dynamics:  Lagrange's equations, d'Alembert's principle, energy, applications, the tangent bundle, action, symmetry, conservation, Noether's Theorem, linear oscillations, normal modes. 
Hamiltonian dynamics:  Hamilton's equations, symplectic notation, phase space, Liouville's Theorem, Poisson brackets, canonical transformations, generating functions, the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.  Elementary Lagrangian field theory.
Modulekrediete 15.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 6 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Physics
Period of presentation Semester 1
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