Aims: to build upon the students' prior knowledge of Newtonian mechanics and special relativity and show that these can be understood within a deeper and more powerful mathematical framework. Students ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...

Knowledge of Lagrangian mechanics assumed. Central force problem, scattering, rigid-body mechanics, normal modes and special relativity. Hamiltonian dynamics, canonical transformations, ...

In Hamiltonian systems, which model a wide range of phenomena from celestial mechanics to quantum dynamics, the Maslov index serves as a key indicator of spectral properties and dynamical transitions.

Physics 2210, classical mechanics/math Methods 1, is the first semester of our two-semester sequence of sophomore-level classical mechanics combined with math methods. The first semester is math heavy ...