Advanced Classical Mechanics

Undergraduate

Classical mechanics, focusing on further developments of formalism and more complex systems: calculus of variations; Lagrangian formalism and an introduction to the Hamiltonian formalism; systems of particles; noninertial reference frames – rotating coordinate systems, centrifugal and Coriolis forces; three-dimensional rigid body motion – inertia tensor, Euler angles, equations of motion; coupled oscillations; continuum mechanics. (Prerequisites: PHYS-2500, MATH-2780, and MATH-2790 or equivalents.) (3 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour per week.)