Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics (Fall 2007)
Stanford Univ. - Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics (Fall 2007). This course consists of 9 video lectures given by Professor Leonard Susskind, focusing on classical mechanics. In this course Leonard Susskind deals with a variety of topics in physics, including conservation of energy and momentum, principle of least action, Hamiltonian, harmonic motion, magnetic-electric field, gauge invariance, and Poisson brackets.
Lecture 1 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Intro Laws and States in Physics - What constitutes a Law of Physics? What is a State in Continuous Physics?
Lecture 2 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Energy, Momentum Conservation, Least Action - Aristotle's Law, Newton's Law, Conservation of Energy and Momentum, Conservation of momentum, Principle of Least Action.
Lecture 3 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Euler-Lagrange, Action Principle, derivation, examples - Mathematical rules, Relationship between least action and trajectory, Deriving the Euler-Lagrange Equation.
Lecture 4 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Noether, Hamiltonian, Symmetry and Conservation
Lecture 5 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Pendulum, Harmonic Motion, Hamiltonian, Phase Space
Lecture 6 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Hamiltonian Methods, Legendre, Poisson, Energy Conversation
Lecture 7 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Part 1: Liouville Theorem, Coarse Graining, Fractal Chaos. Part 2: Charged Particles, Magnetic Field, Vector Potential, Velocity Dependence.
Lecture 8 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Gauge Invariance, Particle, Magnetic-Electric Field, Poisson Brackets
Lecture 9 | Modern Physics: Classical Mechanics
Poisson Brackets, Symmetry Phase Space, Canonical, Hamilton Transforms
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