18002 Mechanics
Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS181/
Course Content
Fundamental ideas in classical mechanics and relation with modern research topics and applications: Euler-Lagrange equations, the meaning of variational principles, symmetries and conservation, Hamilton's equations, dynamics in phase space, Liouville's theorem. Each year we present some specific applications of classical mechanics (from the field of celestial mechanics, quantum mechanics, normal modes, classical theory of fields, dynamics of continuous media, fluid dynamics, kinematics of rigid body, stochastic dynamics).
