PHY311 Mechanik
Materials and information on OLAT
The following materials and additional information will be available on OLAT: script, slides presented during the lectures, exercises and solutions, format and date of the exam.
Module requirements
In order to pass the module each of the following requirements must be met:
- 33% of the available points of exercises 1-7 (33% of 7*20 = 47 points)
- 33% of the available points of exercises 8-13 (33% of 6*20 = 40 points)
- 50% of the available points of exercises 1-13 (50% of 13*20 = 130 points)
- pass the exam
General Information
| Lecturer: | Prof. Stefano PozzoriniY36 K78 |
| Assistants: | |
| Module Code: | PHY 311 |
| ECTS Credits: | 8 |
Rooms and schedule
For the coordinates of lecture and tutorials see the UZH lecture calendar
Language
Lecture and exercises in English
Main topics
Kinematics and dynamics of a system of point-like masses
Conservation laws
Lagrangian Mechanics and constraints
Least action principle
Symmetries and conservation laws
Coordinate transformations and moving coordinate systems
Two-body problem
Oscillating systems
Rigid-body dynamics
Special relativity
Hamiltonian equations of motion
Canonical transformations and Hamilton-Jacobi theory
Literature
The lecture is mainly based on
H. Goldstein: Classical Mechanics
David Tong: Lectures on Classical Dynamics (Available here)
Script by Prof. Gino Isidori (available on OLAT)
In addition the following books are suggested
V.I. Arnold: Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics
L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifschitz: Mechanics (Course in Theoretical Physics Vol. 1)
W. Greiner: Classical Mechanics (as exercise book)
Weekly exercises
There will be 13 exercise series and the workflow for the Nth series is as follows
Monday of week N: publication of problems on OLAT at 5PM
Wednesday of week N: preliminary discussion and hints during tutorials
Monday of week N+1: deadline for submitting solutions via OLAT at 5PM
Wednesday for week N+1: discussion of solutions during the tutorials
The first series will be published on 15.9 and the first tutorial takes place on 17.9.
Teams of students
The solutions can be handed in individually or in teams of two students.
Importance of weekly exercises
Investing a significant amount of time for solving the exercises during the semester is crucial for the understanding of the lecture and plays a very important role as a preparation for the written exam!
Tutorials: group 1 and 2
The students are split into two groups with two teaching assistants each. If needed the two groups will be rebalanced after the first week. Note that the tutorials for groups 1 and 2 take place at different times as specified in the UZH course catalogue
Additional information regarding the weekly exercises can be found on OLAT.