Classical Mechanics

Syllabus (PDF, Spanish)
This course corresponds to the propaedeutic part of the MSc Physics Program at the Institute of Physics (IFUAP), and it provides a detailed review of basic concepts and theories related to classical mechanics, which represent the foundations of more advanced courses on the MSc program.
Below you'll find the lecture notes (in Spanish), assignments of each theme/topic covered in the course, as well as exams for the specified group of topics.

Lecture Notes*

  • 01. Newtonian Mechanics (PDF)
  • 02. Small Oscillations (PDF)
  • 03. Calculus of Variations (PDF)
  • 04. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics (PDF)
  • *Spanish.

Assignments

  • 01. Newtonian Mechanics (PDF)
  • 02. Small Oscillations (PDF)
  • 03. Calculus of Variations (PDF)
  • 04. Lagrangian Dynamics (PDF)
  • 05. Hamiltonian Dynamics (PDF)

Exams

  • 00. Diagnostic Exam (PDF)
  • 01. Exam for theme 01 (PDF)
  • 02. E. for themes 02 & 03 (PDF)
  • 03. Exam for theme 04 (PDF)

Textbooks

  • 01. J.B. Marion & S.T. Thornton, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, 4th. edition (Saunders College Publishing, 1995).
  • 02. W. Greiner, Classical Mechanics: Systems of Particles and Hamiltonian Dynamics, 2nd. edition (Springer 2010).