Theoretical Mechanics - Fall 2022
This is one and the first of the "Big Four" undergraduate courses in theoretical physics. It prepares students to transit from the "Newtonian way" of thinking to the "analytical way", notably using the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism.
Recommended books
- Mechanics, L. Landau and E. Lifshitz
- Analytical Mechanics, L. Hand and J. Finch
- Classical Mechanics, H. Goldstein, C. Poole and J. Safko