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Module MA2342: Advanced Classical Mechanics II
- Credit weighting (ECTS)
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5 credits
- Semester/term taught
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Hilary term 2012-13
- Contact Hours
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11 weeks, 3 lectures including tutorials per week
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- Lecturer
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Prof. Sergey Frolov
- Learning Outcomes
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- Module Content
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- Hamilton formalisn: Legendre transform, Hamilton equations, Liouville theorem;
- Canonical transformations;
- Hamilton-Jacobi equations, action-angle variables;
- Special theory of relativity;
- Mechanics of continuous systems and fields;
- Module Prerequisite
- MA2341 - Advanced Classical Mechanics I
- Required Reading
- L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Mechanics, Butterworth-Heinemann
Recommended Reading
- Herbert Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, third edition, Addison Wesley
- V.I. Arnold, Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics, Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Relativity
- L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, The Classical Theory of Fields: Volume 2 (Course of Theoretical Physics Series), Butterworth-Heinemann
- Assessment Detail
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This module will be examined jointly with MA2341
in a 3-hour examination in Trinity term,
except that those taking just one of the
two modules will have a 2 hour examination.Continuous assessment will contribute 10% to the final grade for the module at the annual
examination session and at supplementals where applicable.