Physics 200A | Fall 2015

Lecture Notes:

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Lecture I: Basics of Lagrangian Mechanics - posted 28 September

Lecture II: Symmetry and Conservation Laws: Scale Symmetry - posted 28 September 2015

Lecture III: Hamiltonian Mechanics, Liouville's Theorem, Poincare Recurrence - posted 28 September 2015

Lecture IV: Ray and Eikonal Theory - posted 30 September 2015

Lecture V: Hamilton-Jacobi Theory - posted 5 October 2015

Lecture VI: Adiabatic Invariants and Applications - posted 5 October 2015

Lecture VII: Action-Angle Variables - posted 21 October 2015

Lecture VIII: Pondermotive Force - reposted 21 October 2015

Lecture IX: Parametric Instability - reposted 2 November 2015

Lecture X: Coupled Small Oscillations - posted 2 November 2015

Lecture XI: Modes of Linear Chains - posted 2 November 2015

Lecture XII: General Mechanics of Continuua --> An Introduction - posted 4 November 2015

Lecture XIII: Adiabatic Theory and Wave Action Density --> Towards Quasi-Particle Models - reposted 24 November 2015

Lecture XIII Supplement: Wave Action Density and Modulations - posted 1 December 2015

Lecture XIV: Introduction to Acoustic Radiation-An Application of Wave Energetics - posted 3 December 2015


200B Material

Fluids: Introduction and Potential Flow - Winter 2013

Introduction to Acoustics and Acoustic Radiation - Winter 2013

Lectures 2-3: Reductive Perturbation Theory and Mode Jumping - Winter 2014

Lectures 4-5: Poisson Brackets and Canonical Transformation - Winter 2014

Lectures 5-6: Adiabatic Invariants and Lectures 5-6: Supplement: More on Adiabatic Invariants - Winter 2014

Lectures 7: Adiabatic Theory for Continuua? - Winter 2014

Lecture 8: Action-Angle Variables - Winter 2014

Lecture 13: Resonant Tori-Their Destruction-RFS W15 - Winter 2015

Poincare Recurrence - Winter 2015

Lecture 14: Magnetic Field Lines as Dynamical Systems - Winter 2015

Lecture 15: Chirikov, Chaos and KAM - Winter 2015

Lectures 16-17: Calculating in the Chaotic Regime and Lectures 16-17: MORE on Calculating in the Chaotic Regime - Winter 2015

Lectures 14-15: Boltzmann Equation - Winter 2014

Lectures 14-15: H-Theorem - Winter 2014

Lectures 15-16: Physics of Boltzmannia and Hydrodynamic Equations - Winter 2014

Lecture 17: Chapman-Enskog Methods and Entropy Production, Part I - Winter 2014

Lecture 18: Transport and Chapman-Enskog II - Winter 2014

Lectures 18-19: Elementary Physics of Random Walks and Diffusion - Winter 2014

Notes From Previous Courses

Lecture 1: Basics of Lagrangian Mechanics and Lagrangians, continued: Symmetry and Conservation - Physics 200A, Fall 2013

Lecture 2: Virial Theorem, etc. - Physics 200A, Fall 2013

Lecture 3: Ray and Eikonal Theory and Eikonal Theory Supplement - Physics 200B, Winter 2015

Lecture 4: Hamiltonian Mechanics and Liouville's Theorem - Physics 200B, Winter 2015

Lecture 5: Hamilton Jacobi I and Hamilton Jacobi II - Physics 200B, Winter 2015

Lecture 6: Self Focusing - Physics 200A, Fall 2013

Lecture 7: Small Oscillations I - Physics 200A, Fall 2013

Lecture 8: Small Oscillations II - Linear Chains - Physics 200A, Fall 2013

Lecture 9: Parametric Instability and OV of Nonlinear Oscillators - Physics 200B, Winter 2015

Lecture 10: Pondermotive Force - Physics 200B, Winter 2015

Lecture 11: Adiabatic Invariants and Adiabatic Invariants II - Physics 200B, Winter 2015

Lecture 12: Introduction to Continuua - Physics 200A, Fall 2013

Lecture 13: Wave Equation - Physics 200A, Fall 2013

Lecture 14: Adiabatic Theory for Continuua - Physics 200B, Winter 2015

Lectures 15-18: Elasticity Theory -

Lecture 19: Reductive Perturbation Theory and Mode Jumping - Physics 200B, Winter 2015

Lecture 20: Noisey Oscillator -