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Module MAU23402: Advanced Classical Mechanics II
- Credit weighting (ECTS)
- 5 credits
- Semester/term taught
- Hilary term 2019-20
- Contact Hours
- 11 weeks, 3 lectures including tutorials per week
- Lecturer
- Prof Tristan McLoughlin
- Learning Outcomes
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- Special theory of relativity;
- Hamilton formalisn: Legendre transform, Hamilton equations, Liouville theorem;
- Canonical transformations;
- Hamilton-Jacobi equations, action-angle variables;
- Perturbation theory;
- Mechanics of continuous systems and fields;
- Module Content
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- Module Prerequisite
- MAU23401 - Advanced Classical Mechanics I
- Required Reading
- Herbert Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, third edition, Addison Wesley
- L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Mechanics, Butterworth-Heinemann
Recommended Reading
- V.I. Arnold, Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics, Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Relativity
- Wolfgang Rindler, Introduction to Special Relativity (Oxford Science Publications) 2nd Edition
- L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, The Classical Theory of Fields: Volume 2 (Course of Theoretical Physics Series), Butterworth-Heinemann
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- Assessment Detail
- This module will be examined in a 2-hour examination. Continuous assessment will contribute 25% to the final grade for the module at the annual examination session. Re-assessments if required will consist of 100% exam.
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