20410084 - COMPLEMENTS OF ANALYTICAL MECHANICS - MOD A

To deepen the study of dynamical systems both with more advanced methods, in the context of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian theory and providing applications also in other fields
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Programme

Linear dynamical systems. Forced harmonic oscillator with or without
friction. Stability theorems. Parametric resonance. Chain of
coupled harmonic oscillators: continuum limit and equations of
vibrating rope. Classic elastic diffusion. Hidden prime integrals
in the two-body problem and the harmonic oscillator problem
three-dimensional.


Core Documentation

V.I. Arnol’d, Metodi Matematici della Meccanica Classica, Editori
Riuniti, Roma, 1979 G. Gallavotti, Meccanica Elementare, ed. P.
Boringhieri, Torino, 1986 G. Gentile, Introduzione ai sistemi
dinamici, 1 (Equazioni differenziali ordinarie, analisi qualitativa e
alcune applicazioni) e
2 (Meccanica lagrangiana e hamiltoniana) L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz,
Meccanica, Editori Riuniti, Roma, 1976


Type of delivery of the course

Lectures in the classroom

Type of evaluation

The exam consists in the solution of a sheet of exercises assigned to > lesson, to be returned resolved within the oral exam, and in an interview oral > on a selection of the topics covered, to be agreed with the > teacher