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PHY354H1S
Advanced Classical Mechanics

Official description

Symmetry and conservation laws, stability and instability, generalized co-ordinates, Hamilton’s principle, Hamilton’s equations, phase space, Liouville’s theorem, canonical transformations, Poisson brackets, Noether’s theorem.

Prerequisite
MAT223H1/ MAT240H1, MAT244H1/ MAT267H1,( MAT235H1, MAT236H1)/ MAT235Y1 / MAT237Y1/ MAT257Y1, PHY254H1
Co-requisite
n.a.
Recommended preparation
n.a.
Breadth requirement
BR=TBA
Distribution requirement
DR=SCI
course title
PHY354H1S
session
winter
year of study
3rd year
time and location
24L: LEC0101, LEC2001: MW9 12T: M2/R12 Students/TAs: Room information available on ACORN (https://www.acorn.utoronto.ca/) Instructors: Room information available in the LSM Portal (https://lsm.utoronto.ca/lsm_portal)
instructor
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Peter Love