PHY5010 Advanced Mechanics
This course offers an advanced formal treatment of classical mechanics following PHY 2010 Mechanics. Topics include: Calculus of variations, Hamilton146s Principle, Lagrangian formulation of mechanics, Hamilton146s formulation of mechanics, rigid body, coupled oscillations and normal modes, canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory. Prerequisite: Multivariable calculus (Calculus III (Math 2030) or the equivalent), differential equations (Math 2021 or the equivalent), mechanics (PHY 2010 or the equivalent).