Mechanics and Calculus of Variations - APM3712 |
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| Under Graduate Degree | Year module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Pre-requisite: APM2611 & MAT2615 | |||
| Purpose: To enable students to demonstrate a basic understanding of generalised coordinates, Hamilton's principle, calculus of variations and the Euler-Lagrange equations, the problem of Lagrange and the isoperimetric problem, Hamilton-Jacobi theory and Poisson brackets, Equivalent Lagrangians, canonical transformations and Noether's theorem and application of the variational principles in mechanics. | |||