SE 314. Classical Mechanics
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Review of the Newtonian mechanics (4); Lagrangian Mechanics, Generalized coordinates, constraints, Principle of virtual work, Lagrange's equation, Calculus of variations (6); Central forces, Collisions, Scattering (4); Small oscillations, Anharmonic oscillators, Perturbation theory, Forced oscillators (4); Hamilton's Equations, phase space & phase trajectories, canonical transformations, Poisson brackets, Hamilton-Jacobi theory (12); Rigid body dynamics (6); Non-linear Dynamics (4).

Text books::

  1. Introduction to Dynamics by Percival & Richards
  2. Classical Mechanics by Rana and Joag
  3. Mechanics by Landau & Lifshitz
  4. Classical mechanics by Goldstein
  5. Classical Dynamics by Jose' and Saletan
Concerned Department: Physics

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