MAE 621 - Analytical Dynamics

Classical analytical dynamics from a modern mathematical viewpoint: Newton’s laws, dynamical variables, many particle systems; the Lagrangian formulation, constraints and configuration manifolds, tangent bundles, differential manifolds; variational principles, least action; non-potential forces; constrained problems; linear oscillations; Hamiltonian formulation: canonical equations, Rigid body motion. (Y)

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Undergraduate physics, ordinary differential equations.

Credits: 3