8.09 - Theoretical Classical Mechanics / Fall 2011
Instructor: Professor Bernd Surrow
8.09 - Theoretical Classical Mechanics / Fall 2011
Instructor: Professor Bernd Surrow
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Name |
Office / Lab |
Phone |
E-mail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecturer | 26-405 | 3-1522 | surrow@mit.edu | |
| TA |
Francesco d'Eramo |
6-312 | 4-3152 | fderamo@MIT.EDU |
| Grader-TA | David Lerner | dmlerner@MIT.EDU | ||
| Course Manager |
Nancy Boyce |
4-315 | 3-4461 | nboyce@mit.edu |
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Due date: |
Topic: |
Homework sheet: |
Solutions: |
Sep. 16 |
Single-particle systems | ||
Sep. 23 |
Multi-particle systems | ||
Sep. 30 |
Boundary conditions and d'Alembert principle | ||
Oct. 07 |
Lagrange equation | ||
Oct. 14 |
Review problems - Exam I | ||
Oct. 21 |
Symmetries / Lagrange equation / Hamilton | ||
Oct. 28 |
Central force problem | ||
Nov. 07 |
Rigid body | ||
Nov. 14 |
Rigid body and linear oscillations | ||
Nov. 21 |
Review problems - Exam II | ||
Dec. 05 |
Hamilton equations and Poisson brackets | ||
Dec. 12 |
Canonial transformations and invariants | ||
| Review problems - Final Exam | #13 | #13 |
| Title: | Author: |
| Classicial Mechanics | Goldstein / Poole & Safko |
| Mechanics | Landau-Lifschitz |
| Classical Dynamics | Thornton / Marion |
Last modified: 08/31/11 by B. Surrow
