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CDSR : Classical Dynamics & Special Relativity : 3-1-0 Course
General Drive Link : PH21205 Autumn 2025 by ASR
This includes material from Autumn 2025 Semester
Course Instructor for this sem : Prof Sitikantha Dhurjati Das
TA for this sem : Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Assignment 1 - Deadline is 8th September - Deadline Passed
PH21205 Autumn 2025 Syllabus - Detailed
Overview (25/08/2025)
Central Force Motion, Rigid Bodies & related ideas. - 16 Lectures
Elementary Ideas about Dynamical Systems, Non-linear systems, stability analysis, etc. - 12 Lectures
Special Theory of Relativity & related ideas. -14 Lectures
Will update later with solutions (26th August 2025)
Classical Mechanics : J.R. Taylor - Recommended
Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos : S. H. Strogatz
Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological: W. Rindler
Classical Mechanics : J C Upadhyay - Recommended (includes an intro to STR too)
Will update later, much harder with the indian govt/court being against Knowledge-sharing
Room C-220 in Old CORAL building (Near Mechanical)
Email : sitikantha.das@iitkgp.ac.in
Email : sabyasachi.sch@gmail.com
TBU
N/A as of 26/08/2025
Till what was taught on 10th September.
In other words: Central force problem, Scattering in central field, Small oscillations, Rigid body motion, The inertia tensor, Eulerian angles, Euler’s equation, Motion in a non-inertial frame of reference. <No Spinning Top Q's in Paper>