Taught by Prof. Sandipan Sengupta IIT Kharagpur
References For this Course :
Classical Mechanics JC Upadhayaya.
Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein.
Classical Mechanics Lecture Notes by AK Raychaudhuri.
Mechanics by Landau & Lifshitz
Introductory Classical Mechanics, with Problems and Solutions by David Morin.
Classical Dynamics David Tong Lecture Notes.
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Tutorial Sheets discussed so far
Topics covered - Calculus of Variations, Euler -Lagrange Equation, Lagrangian formulation.
Topics covered - Lagrangian formulation, Equation of motion, Noether's Theorem, symmetry of the Lagrangian, Hamiltonian formulation
Topics covered - Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulation, Velocity dependent potentials, Non Inertial frame of references, Poisson bracket formulation and constants of motion associated with a Hamiltonian.
Topics covered - Poisson bracket formulation and constants of motion associated with a Hamiltonian, Canonical Transformations and associated generating functions.
Topics covered - Canonical Transformations and associated generating functions, rotating frame of reference, time dependent generating functions and transformation of Hamiltonian in new coordinates, Poisson bracket.
Topics covered - Canonical Transformations and associated generating functions, time dependent generating functions and transformation of Hamiltonian in new coordinates, Poisson bracket.
Topics covered - Canonical Transformations, Lagrangian, Hamiltonian in rotating frame of references, time dependent Hamiltonian.
Topics covered - Concept of Routhian and examples, Canonical Transformations, Special relativity