PHY 711 Classical mechanics and mathematical methods

PHY 711 Classical Mechanics and Mathematical Methods

MWF 10 AM-10:50 AM OPL 103 http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/f22phy711/

Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth Office:300 OPL e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu

Lecture Notes

  1. Lecture 1 -- Welcome -- PP   PDF   Maple example   PDF file   Mathematica example   PDF file  
  2. Lecture 2 -- Introduction to Scattering -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  3. Lecture 3 -- Scattering Theory -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  4. Lecture 4 -- Scattering Theory -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  5. Lecture 5 -- Review of scattering Theory -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  6. Lecture 6 -- Non-inertial coordinate frames -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  7. Lecture 7 -- Calculus of variation -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  8. Lecture 8 -- Calculus of variation -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  9. Lecture 9 -- Lagrangian mechanics -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  10. Lecture 10 -- Lagrangian mechanics -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  11. Lecture 11 -- Lagrangian mechanics -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  12. Lecture 12 -- Hamiltonian mechanics -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  13. Lecture 13 -- Liouville theorem -- PP   PDF   Andersen Paper   Nosé Paper   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  14. Lecture 14 -- Summary and extensions of Hamiltonian formalism -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  15. Lecture 15 -- Analysis of small oscillations -- PP   PDF   Maple PDF   Mathematica PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  16. Lecture 16 -- Normal mode analysis -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  17. Lecture 17 -- Normal modes of more complicated systems -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  18. Lecture 18 -- Motion of a one-dimensional string -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  19. Lecture 19 -- One dimensional wave equation and extensions -- PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  20. Lecture 20 -- Sturm-Liouville equations PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  21. Lecture 21 -- Review PP   PDF  
  22. Lecture 22 -- Green's function methods PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  23. Lecture 23 -- Fourier transforms and related PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  24. Lecture 24 -- Complex analysis and contour integrals PP   PDF  
  25. Lecture 25 -- Rigid body motion PP   PDF  
  26. Lecture 26 -- Rigid body motion PP   PDF  
  27. Lecture 27 -- Motion of two-dimensional membranes PP   PDF  
  28. Lecture 28 -- Mechanics of 3-dimensional fluids PP   PDF  
  29. Lecture 29 -- Mechanics of 3-dimensional fluids PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  30. Lecture 30 -- Linearized hydrodynamics PP   PDF  
  31. Lecture 31 -- Linearized sound waves PP   PDF  
  32. Lecture 32 -- Nonlinear sound waves PP   PDF  
  33. Lecture 33 -- Waves on water surfaces PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  34. Lecture 34 -- Waves on water surfaces -- solitons PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
  35. Lecture 35 -- Heat diffusion PP   PDF  
  36. Lecture 36 -- Viscous effects PP   PDF  
  37. Lecture 37 -- Review Chapters 1-12 PP   PDF   Extra PP   Extra PDF  
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