Prerequisites: graduate standing in Physics
Description: Covers the Lagrangian formulation, calcu- lus of variations, Hamilton’s principle, conservation principles and symmetry properties, the two-body central force problem, the Kepler problem, and scat- tering. Also examines orthogonal transformations, rigid body motion, the inertia tensor, Euler’s equa- tions, Hamiltonian formulation, canonical transforma- tions, and complex integration. Tsai