MAU33402 Advanced classical mechanics II
| Module Code | MAU33402 |
|---|---|
| Module Title | Advanced classical mechanics II |
| Semester taught | Semester 2 |
| ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Module Lecturer | Prof. Chaolun Wu |
| Module Prerequisites | MAU22401 Advanced classical mechanics I |
Assessment Details
- This module is examined in a 2-hour examination at the end of Semester 2.
- Continuous assessment contributes 35% towards the overall mark.
- The module is passed if the overall mark for the module is 40% or more. If the overall mark for the module is less than 40% and there is no possibility of compensation, the module will be reassessed as follows:
1) A failed exam in combination with passed continuous assessment will be reassessed by an exam in the supplemental session;
2) The combination of a failed exam and failed continuous assessment is reassessed by the supplemental exam;
3) A failed continuous assessment in combination with a passed exam will be reassessed by one or more summer assignments in advance of the supplemental session.
Contact Hours
11 weeks of teaching with 3 lectures and 1 tutorial per week.
Module Content
- Special theory of relativity.
- Hamilton formalism: Legendre transform, Hamilton equations, Liouville theorem.
- Canonical transformations.
- Hamilton-Jacobi equations, action-angle variables.
- Perturbation theory.
- Mechanics of continuous systems and fields.
Required Reading
- L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Mechanics, Butterworth-Heinemann.
- Goldstein, Poole, and Safko, Classical Mechanics, 3rd edition, Addison Wesley.
Recommended Reading
- Wolfgang Rindler, Introduction to Special Relativity, 2nd edition, Oxford Science Publications.
- L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, The Classical Theory of Fields: Volume 2 (Course of Theoretical Physics Series), Butterworth-Heinemann.