Course notes
My best effort to record what I tell you and our discussions will appear here, often in hand-written form.- Discussion of Monday, September 3rd, 2018.
- Discussion of Wednesday, September 5th, 2018.
- Discussion of Friday, September 7th, 2018.
- Discussion of Monday, September 10th, 2018.
- Discussion of Wednesday, September 12th, 2018.
- Discussion of Friday, September 14th, 2018.
- Discussion of Monday, September 17th, 2018.
- Discussion of Monday, October 1st, 2018.
Further Recommended Books
Classical Dynamics: A Contemporary Approach, by J. V. José & E. J. SaletanA wonderful book, which is at a slightly more advanced level than our text.
Analytic Mechanics, by L. N. Hand and J. D. Finch
A bit sparse at points, but also provides nice discussion of some fine points.
Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, by J. B. Marion & S. T. Thornton
A bit drier than our course text, but it is at the same level and provides an alternative perspective.
Classical Mechanics, by H. Goldstein, C. P. Poole & J. Safko
The standard graduate level text. Old fashioned, but excellent in many respects.
Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechancis, by V. I. Arnol’d
A rigorous and exquisite treatise by one of the greats of the field.