MAIN TEXT

Landau and Lifshitz I"Mechanics"

Landau and Lifshitz II"Classical Theory of Fields"

SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS

Dittrich and Reuter"Classical and quantum dynamics"

Kotkin and Serbo "Collection of problems in classical mechanics"

COVERED MATERIAL (TENTATIVE)

Review: Equations of Motion, Conservation Laws (LLI Chs. I, II, VII)

Part I: Canonical Equations (LLI Ch. VII)

Part II: Relativistic Particles and Fileds (LLII Chs. I-IV)

COURSE LOGISTICS

Name: Prof. SLAVA SEROTA
Office: Rm. 429, ext. 60538
E-mail: serota at physunc.phy.uc.edu
URL: www.physics.uc.edu/~serota/Teaching/Dynamics97/