APM3712 - Mechanics and Calculus of Variations
Duration: Semester module
NQF Level - 7
Credits - 12
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.