3 unit(s) Topics include: Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics; coupled oscillators and normal modes; canonical transformations and action-angle variables; integrable systems; perturbation theory; motion of rigid bodies; chaos.
Three lectures; one term Prerequisite(s): One of PHYSICS 2E03 or ENGPHYS 2CD4; and credit or registration in MATH 3C03 or registration in level III or above of the Honours Mathematics and Physics (B.Sc.) program Alternates with PHYSICS 3A03.