Classical Mechanics

Instructor: 張明哲

Office: A213-1   

Grading: Homework (30%), midterm exam (35%), final exam (35%)

TA: 曾曉琪

References: Classical Mechanics, by H. Goldstein

Content

        Newtonian mechanics:

Two-body central force problem (chap 3)

The kinematics of rigid body motion (chap 4)

The dynamics of rigid body motion (chap 5)

           Midterm exam

        Analytical mechanics:

Variational principles and Lagrange’s equations of motion (chap 1, 2)

Hamiltonian's equations of motion (chap 8)

Canonical transformations (chap 9)

Hamilton-Jacobi theory (chap 10)

Final exam