PHYS326-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015

Classical Mechanics and Symmetry Principles

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2015

Description

The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of classical mechanics which provide essential preparation for all advanced courses in theoretical physics. Techniques learned have wide use in advanced quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, general relatively, particle physics and statistical mechanics.

Prerequisites

(1) PHYS202 and PHYS203; and (2) MATH201 RP: MATH202 and MATH203

Recommended Preparation

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Exam 65%
Problem Sets 20% The best 4 out of 5 willl count.
Test 15% Monday, 7 April, 2:00-2:55pm

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Goldstein, Herbert , Poole, Charles P., Safko, John L; Classical mechanics ; 3rd ed; Addison Wesley, 2002.

Recommended Reading

Arnold, V. I; Mathematical methods of classical mechanics ; 2nd ed.; Springer-Verlag, 1989.

I. Percival and D. Richards,; Introduction to Dynamics ; Cambridge University Press, 1982.

L. Landau and E. Lifschitz,; Mechanics ; 3rd Edition; Pergamon, 1976.

Saletan, Eugene J. , Cromer, Alan H; Theoretical mechanics ; Wiley, 1971.

T.L. Chow; Classical Mechanics ; Wiley, New York,, 1995.

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Please consult the document General Information for Physics and Astronomy Students on the Physics and Astronomy Web Page.
http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/courses/General.pdf

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $808.00

International fee $3,638.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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