PHYS 3300 - Classical Mechanics

Index to lecture notes

PHYS 3300 notes will appear here as the course is being taught.

Lectures 1-3(pdf): Course outline, supplemental information. Recap of line integrals. Concept of functional, finding extrema. Shortest path problem and calculus of variations. Euler-Lagrange equation(s). Special cases and examples. Typo note: result at top of page 5 should be 2, not 1.