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PHYS 5103: Advanced Mechanics

PHYS 5103: Advanced Mechanics (Fall 2016, University of Arkansas). 2016 Fall Physics Lectures from the University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR. These videos are a component of the graduate course PHYS 5103 - "Advanced Mechanics" using the text "Classical Mechanics with a Bang!", both developed by Prof. William G. Harter. The class provides a geometric approach to classical mechanics. Geometry helps to clarify the calculus and physics of mechanics and shows that the symmetry principles behind classical theory also underlie quantum theory.

1st Axioms and Theorems of Classical Mechanics

Lecture 01 - 1st Axioms and Theorems of Classical Mechanics

Lecture 02 - Analysis of 1D 2-Body Collisions I

Lecture 03 - Analysis of 1D 2-Body Collisions II: Reflection Groups

Lecture 04 - Kinetic Derivation of 1D Potentials and Force Fields

Lecture 05 - Dynamics of Potentials and Force Fields

Lecture 06 - Geometry of Common Power-law Potentials

Lecture 07 - Kepler Geometry of Isotropic Harmonic Oscillator (IHO) Elliptical Orbits

Lecture 08 - Quadratic Form Geometry and Development of Mechanics of Lagrange and Hamilton

Lecture 09 - Equations of Lagrange and Hamilton Mechanics in Generalized Curvilinear Coordinates (GCC)

Lecture 10 - Hamiltonian vs. Lagrange Mechanics in Generalized Curvilinear Coordinates (GCC)

Lecture 11 - Poincare, Lagrange, Hamiltonian, and Jacobi Mechanics

Lecture 12 - Complex Variables, Series, and Field Coordinates I

Lecture 13 - Complex Variables, Series, and Field Coordinates II

Lecture 14 - Introducing GCC Lagrangian a la Trebuchet Dynamics

Lecture 15 - GCC Lagrange and Riemann Equations for Trebuchet

Lecture 16 - Hamilton Equations for Trebuchet and Other Things

Lecture 17 - Riemann-Christoffel Equations and Covariant Derivative

Lecture 18 - Electromagnetic Lagrangian and Charge-field Mechanics

Lecture 19 - Classical Constraints: Comparing Various Methods

Lecture 20 - Introduction to Classical Oscillation and Resonance

Lecture 21 - Introduction to Coupled Oscillation and Eigenmodes

Lecture 22 - Introduction to Spinor-Vector Resonance Dynamics

Lecture 23 - U(2)~R(3) Algebra/Geometry in Classical or Quantum Theory

Lecture 24 - Parametric Resonance and Multi-particle Wave Modes

Lecture 25 - Introduction to Orbital Dynamics

Lecture 26 - Geometry and Symmetry of Coulomb Orbital Dynamics I

Lecture 27 - Geometry and Symmetry of Coulomb Orbital Dynamics II

Lecture 28 - Multi-particle and Rotational Dynamics

Lecture 29

Lecture 30 - Relawavity and a Novel Introduction to Relativistic Mechanics I

Lecture 31 - Relawavity and a Novel Introduction to Relativistic Mechanics II

References

Classical Mechanics with a Bang! (Fall 2016)
Text Topics for Units 1-8. Lecture Slides. Assignments and Solutions. Related Papers and Talks.