Phys 302: Classical Mechanics II 2022

Course description

  • Sketch of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics
  • Higher-order Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism
  • Continuous (Field) Systems
  • Oscillations
  • Rigid Body
  • Scattering

Course Assistants

  • Taha Ayfer, Osman Ergeç, Bilal Çark

Assignments

All homework should be typed in LaTeX.

  • HW 1: March 26, 2022
    • Price Richard H., and Kip S. Thorne, “Lagrangian vs Hamiltonian: The best approach to relativistic orbits”, American Journal of Physics 86.9 (2018): 678-682. (link)
    • Assignment
  • HW 2: April 7, 2022
    • Kohmoto Mahito, Leo P. Kadanoff, and Chao Tang, “Localization problem in one dimension: Mapping and escape”, Physical Review Letters 50.23 (1983): 1870. (link)
    • Assignment
  • HW 3: April 17, 2022
    • Yavuz Nutku, “Hamiltonian formulation of the KdV equation”, Journal of Mathematical Physics 25.6 (1984): 2007-2008 (link)
    • Assignment
  • HW 4: April 28, 2022
  • HW 5: May 7, 2022
  • HW 6: May 19, 2022