Dr. Mintz
			Syllabus
		    Advanced Mechanics
			PHY 5240

Week		Chapter
  1.		Chap. 2,	Hamilton's Principle, Calc. of var.
  2.		Chap. 2, 	LaGrange's Eqns., Conversation Laws
  3. 		Chap. 7, 	Lorentz transform
  4.		Chap. 7,	Lorentz transform cont.
  5.		Chap. 7, 	Rel. Force and Energy
  6.		Chap. 7,	Scattering, Cov. Lagrangian, Exam I
  7.		Chap. 7,8,	Cov. Hamiltonian, Legendre trans.
  8.		Chap. 8,	Hamiltonian Formulation
  9.		Chap. 8,	Hamiltonian Continued
 10.		Chap. 8,9,	Least Action, Canonical Transformations
 11.		Chap. 9,	More Canonical Transformations, Exam II
 12.		Chap. 9,	Poisson Brackets, Liouville's Thm.
 13.		Chap. 10,	Hamilton-Jacobi Equation

2 Midterms
Final = 2 Midterms
Homework = 1 Midterm


General Information


1.Office hours will be announced during the first week of classes.

2.There will be 2 midterms and a final. Final = 2 midterms for grading purposes.

3.Homework will usually be assigned at each class meeting. Homework will be
collected one week after being assigned. It will be graded and usually
returned at the next class meeting. Homework grad = 1 midterm.

4.Exams are closed book. Formula sheets are generally provided. No other
formula sheets or other aids may be used during the exams.