20410416-2 - FM410-Complements of Analytical Mechanics - Module B

To deepen the study of dynamical systems, with more advanced methods, in the context of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian theory.
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Fruizione: 20410085 COMPLEMENTI DI MECCANICA ANALITICA - MOD. B in Fisica L-30 R MARCELLI GIOVANNA

Programme

Euler angles.
Euler's equations for rigid body dynamics.
Integrability of the rigid body with a point not subjected to forces.
Lagrange spinning top.
Ergodic, chaotic and mixing systems.
Action angle variables: the theorem of
Arnold-Liouville.
Perturbation theory in classical mechanics:
precession of the perihelion of Mercury and hints at the KAM theory.


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