ADVANCED DYNAMICS

Physics 821

Spring 2003

Instructor: Prof. Uwe Thumm

Office: Cardwell Hall, Rm 212

Hours: Wednesday 2:30-3:30 p.m., Friday 3:30-4:30 p.m.

e-mail: thumm@phys.ksu.edu

Home page: http://www.phys.ksu.edu/~thumm

Text book (required): Goldstein, 'Classical Mechanics', 3rd ed., Addison-Wesley.

Supplementary books (not required):

Arya, Introduction to Classical Mechanics, Prentice Hall 1990.

Landau, Lifshitz, Mechanics, 3rd edition, Pergamon 1989.

Gutzwiller, Chaos in Classical and Quantum Mechanics, Springer 1990.

Bergé, Pomeau, Vidal, Order within Chaos, Herman 1984.

Schuster, Deterministic Chaos, 2nd edition, VCH 1988.

Cvitanovic, Universality in Chaos, 2nd edition, IOP Publ. Ltd. 1989.

Topics: Basic Principles of Newtonian Mechanics

Lagrange's Equations

Central Force Problems, Scattering

Hamilton’s Equations of Motion

Canonical Transformations

Hamilton-Jakobi Theory

Special Relativity

Dynamical System and Chaos

Grading: Exam 1 200 points

Exam 2 200 points

Final Exam 300 points

Homework/Project 300 points

Grades: A 850 or more points

B 700-849 points

C 550 - 699 points

D 450 - 549 points

F < 450 points

University policy requires that the following statements be added on this syllabus.

1. Disabilities:

If you have any condition such as a physical or learning disability, which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined it or which will require academic accommodations, please notify me and contact the Disabled Students Office (Holton 202), in the first two weeks of the course.

2. Plagiarism:

Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on the exam, paper or project; failure in the course; and/or expulsion from the university. For more information refer to the "Academic Dishonesty" policy in K-State Undergraduate Catalog and the Undergraduate Honor System Policy on the Provost's web page at http://www.ksu.edu/honor.