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Holonomic constrains, d'Alembert's principle and Lagrange's equations; generalised potentials; variational approach and Hamilton's principle; symmetry and conservation laws; central force problem; Hamiltonazin formulation of mechanics; principle of least action; canonical transformations; Poisson brackets; canonical invariants; Liouville's theorem; Hamilton-Jacobi theory; action-angle variables; classical field theory; Noether's theorem.
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PHYS401 - Theoretical Mechanics & Electromagnetism
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