Outline
The outline of the classical mechanics course
Classical Mechanics#
Classical mechanics provides the foundation for understanding the motion of objects and the forces that govern them.
Topics#
- Introduction
- Kinematics
- Newton's Laws
- Circular Motion
- Drag Forces
- Momentum and Impulse
- Work and Energy
- Collision Theory
- Rotational Motion
- Angular Momentum
- Oscillations
- Wave Motion
- Non-inertial Frames
- Central Forces
- Lagrangian Mechanics
- Hamiltonian Mechanics
- Rigid Body Motion
- Small Oscillations
- Continuum Mechanics
- Celestial Mechanics
- Generalized Coordinates
- Variational Principles
- Symmetries and Conservation Laws
- Hamilton-Jacobi Theory
- Canonical Transformations
- Poisson Brackets
- Dynamical Systems
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Chaos Theory
- Canonical Quantization
- Classical Field Theory
Resources#
Books#
- Classical Mechanics by John R. Taylor
- Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein
- Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics by Vladimir Arnold
- Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 1: Mechanics by Lev Landau, Evgeny Lifshitz
- Kolenkow & Kleppner - An Introduction to Mechanics