Module MA2342: Advanced Classical Mechanics II

Credit weighting (ECTS)

5 credits

Semester/term taught

Hilary term 2014-15

Contact Hours

11 weeks, 3 lectures including tutorials per week

Lecturer

Prof Dmytro Volin

Learning Outcomes

• 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 Content

 

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

This module will be examined in a 2-hour examination in Trinity term. Continuous assessment will contribute 20% to the final grade for the module at the annual examination session. Supplemental exams if required will consist of 100% exam.