Fall 2018 Syllabus Physics V1100

Analytical Dynamics - Physics V1100

Fall 2018

Syllabus

• Newton’s laws of motion
• Lagrangian formulation
• The central force problem
• Oscillations
• The motion of rigid bodies
• The Hamiltonian formalism
• Continuous systems and fields.
• Relativistic dynamics.

Instructor: Sebastian Franco

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Office: Marshak Science Building, 315

Office hours: Mon, Wed 2:30-3:30

• But feel free to pass by my office or write an e-mail if you have questions!

Lectures

• Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:45 am to 1:25 pm
• Room: MR408

Books

Required

• “Classical Mechanics” (3rd Edition), Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole Jr., John L. Safko

Additional Suggestions

• “Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems”, Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

• “Analytical Mechanics”, Louis N. Hand, Janet D. Finch

• “Analytical Mechanics”, Grant R. Fowles, George L. Cassiday

• “Mechanics”, L. D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz

Online Resources

• “Lectures on Classical Dynamics”, David Tong, University of Cambridge

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/dynamics.html

• “Classical Mechanics”, Lenny Susskind, Stanford University

http://online.stanford.edu/course/classical-mechanics

Lecture notes available in:

http://www.lecture-notes.co.uk/susskind/classical-mechanics/

The pace of the course will be adapted and adjusted as we proceed, allowing time for problems and review. No definite time schedule will be offered at this time. 

General Information

• Cheating and plagiarism: Cheating in homework, exams or in any under any circumstances is a serious offence that will result in severe academic consequences.

• Exams: one Midterm exam and one comprehensive Final.

• Grades: Your letter grade will be based on a numerical score to be computed as follows:

• Homework 30%
• Midterm 30%
• Final 40%

No single contribution will guarantee you pass the course, so you are strongly advised to take advantage of all of them.

• Main communications will be through e-mail.

• The instructor reserves the right to make changes during the semester as he sees fit for the course and announce them as they occur. It is the students’ responsibility to remain informed about the course and be alert of any changes or new information.