Classical Physics

Overview

Introduction - Newtonian mechanics - Dynamics in phase space - Linear dynamical systems - Autonomous dynamical systems - Lagrangian formalism - Summary of classical electromagnetism - Charged particle in an electromagnetic field - Hamiltonian dynamics - Dynamical symmetry - Randomness in phase space - Discrete-time dynamics - Problems and solutions - Classical statistical mechanics: Introduction - Some probability distributions; isolated system - The microcanonical emsemble - Thermodynamics - The canonical ensemble - Connection between statistical mechanics and ther-modynamics - Probability distributions - Phase transitions - Continuous groups in physics - Noether's Theorem - Special Relativity