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/f19phy711/

Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth Phone:758-5510 Office:300 OPL e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu


Lecture Notes

  1. Lecture 1 -- Welcome -- PP   PDF   Maple example
  2. Lecture 2 -- Scattering theory -- PP   PDF  
  3. Lecture 3 -- Scattering in lab and CM -- PP   PDF   Maple plot
  4. Lecture 4 -- Rutherford scattering cross section -- PP   PDF  
  5. Lecture 5 -- Non-inertial coordinate systems -- PP   PDF  
  6. Lecture 6 -- Calculus of variation -- PP   PDF  
  7. Lecture 7 -- Calculus of variation and Hamilton's principle -- PP   PDF  
  8. Lecture 8 -- Lagrangian formulation of mechanics -- PP   PDF  
  9. Lecture 9 -- Lagrangian formulation of mechanics -- PP   PDF  
  10. Lecture 10 -- Lagrangian formulation of mechanics -- PP   PDF  
  11. Lecture 11 -- Lagrangian formulation of mechanics -- PP   PDF  
  12. Lecture 12 -- Lagrangian formulation of mechanics -- PP   PDF   Andersen paper   Nose' paper  
  13. Lecture 13 -- Canonical transformations -- PP   PDF  
  14. Lecture 14 -- Oscillations near equilibrium -- PP   PDF  
  15. Lecture 15 -- Normal modes of vibration -- PP   PDF  
  16. Lecture 16 -- The wave equation -- PP   PDF  
  17. Lecture 17 -- Sturm-Liouville equations -- PP   PDF  
  18. Lecture 18 -- Green's function methods -- PP   PDF  
  19. Lecture 19 -- Fourier Transforms -- PP   PDF  
  20. Lecture 20 -- Review -- PP   PDF  
  21. Lecture 21 -- Laplace transforms; contour integration -- PP   PDF  
  22. Lecture 22 -- More contour integration -- PP   PDF  
  23. Lecture 23 -- Rigid body motion -- PP   PDF  
  24. Lecture 24 -- Rigid body motion -- PP   PDF  
  25. Lecture 25 -- Elastic membranes -- PP   PDF  
  26. Lecture 26 -- Fluid mechanics -- PP   PDF  
  27. Lecture 27 -- Fluid mechanics -- PP   PDF  
  28. Lecture 28 -- Sound waves -- PP   PDF  
  29. Lecture 29 -- Sound waves -- PP   PDF  
  30. Lecture 30 -- Non-linear waves and shocks -- PP   PDF  
  31. Lecture 31 -- Surface waves on water -- PP   PDF  
  32. Lecture 32 -- Surface waves on water; solitons -- PP   PDF  
  33. Lecture 33 -- Heat equation -- PP   PDF  
  34. Lecture 34 -- Navier-Stokes equation -- PP   PDF  
  35. Lecture 35 -- Review -- PP   PDF  

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