Physics
PHY 602: Advanced Classical Mechanics (4)
Review of Classical Mechanics
Variational principles- Lagrange’s equation and its application,
Hamilton’s equation of motion
Perturbation theory
Hamilton Jacobi theory
Poisson’s bracket in Classical Mechanics and its transition to quantum mechanics
Classical field theory
Suggested Books:
- Classical Mechanics, John R. Taylor, University science books, 2004
- Mechanics (Volume 1), Landau and Lifshtz, Butterworth-Heinemann (1976), Ed. 3
- Analytical Mechanics, Fowels and Cassiday, Thompson Books (2004) Ed. 7
- Classical Mechanics, Herbert Golstein, Pearson (2011), Ed .3
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