Venue: Emmy Noether Lecture Hall (Tuesdays) and Chern Lecture Hall (Wednesdays)
Class Timings: Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
First Meeting: 11 August 2026
Course description:
Quick recap of Newtonian dynamics, Lagrangian formulation, Noether's theorem, Central force problems, Hamiltonian formulation, Poisson brackets and symplectic structure, 3-body problem, Rigid body motion, Small oscillations, Hamilton Jacobi theory, Integrability, Chaos and Nonlinear-dynamics.
Evaluation:
Final exam: 40%
Assignments: 20%
Bimonthly written tests during tutorials: 40%
Books:
1) Goldstein: Classical Mechanics
2) Jose and Saletan: Classical Dynamics: A Contemporary Approach
3)Reichl: The Transition to Chaos
Course Outcome:
- Have a clear understanding of the basic principles of Newtonian mechanics and applications to two body, rigid body
and small oscillation problems. - Understanding of the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations
- Get an exposure to a few advanced topics (this is about 20% of the syllabus and includes topics such as Chaos, Integrability etc.)
- Develop analytical and numerical problem-solving skills.
- Teacher: Abhishek Dhar
Credit Score: 4