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, MAT235Y1/MAT237Y1/MAT257Y1, PHY254H1
- Co-requisite
- n.a.
- Recommended preparation
- n.a.
- Textbook
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['Required: ``Mechanics", 3rd ed. Volume 1 by L. Landau and I. Lifshitz.', 'Recommended: "Introduction to Classical Mechanics with Problems and Solutions" by David Morin.'] - Breadth requirement
- BR=TBA
- Distribution requirement
- DR=SCI
- course title
- PHY354H1S
- session
- winter
- year of study
- 3rd year
- time and location
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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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