University of California San Diego, Department of Physics
Winter 2014 Physics 200B
Lecture Notes

Nonlinear Oscillators Overview - posted 15 January 2014

Lecture 1: Parametric Oscillators - posted 15 January 2014

Lectures 2-3: Reductive Perturbation Theory and Mode Jumping - posted 15 January 2014

Lectures 4-5: Poisson Brackets and Canonical Transformations - posted 21 January 2014

Lectures 5-6: Adiabatic Invariants - posted 21 January 2014

Lectures 5-6 Supplement: More on Adiabatic Invariants - posted 22 January 2014

Lecture 7: Adiabatic Theory for Continuua - posted 27 January 2014

Lecture 8: Action-Angle Variables - posted 3 February 2014

Magnetic Field Lines as Dynamical System - posted 3 February 2014

Lectures 9-10: Resonant Tori and Their Destruction - posted 10 February 2014

Lectures 10-11: Chirokov, Chaos and KAM - an OV - REposted 18 February 2014

Lectures 12-13: Calculating in the Chaotic Regime - REposted 18 February 2014

FAQ re: Calculation in Chaotic Regime - posted 18 February 2014

Lectures 14-15: Boltzmann Equation - REposted 18 March 2014

Lectures 14-15: H-Theorem - REposted 18 March 2014

Lectures 15-16: Physics of Boltzmannia and Hydrodynamic Equations - posted 17 March 2014

Lecture 17: Chapman-Enskog Methods and Entropy Production, Part 1 - posted 5 March 2014

Lecture 18: Transport and Chapman-Enskog II - posted 10 March 2014

Lectures 18-19: Elementary Physics of Random Walks and Diffusion - RE-REposted 14 March 2014