Lecture 3 Flashcards
1
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Motion of a particle in a conservattive force field
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2
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The Euler-Lagrange equation
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WIP
3
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Newton’s problem of mimimal resistance
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4
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Constrained variational principles
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5
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Elastic rods
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6
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Buckling and bifurcation theory
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7
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Laplace’s equation
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8
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The Euler-Lagrange equation(part 2)
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WIP
9
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The wave equation
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WIP
10
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Hamiltonian mechanics
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WIP
11
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Poisson brackets
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WIP
12
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Rigid body rotations
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WIP
13
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Hamiltonian PDEs
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WIP
14
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Path integrals
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WIP
15
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The principle of stationary action
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16
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The variational derivative
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17
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Derivation of Newton’s resistance functional
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18
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Resistances of some simple shapes
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19
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The variational problem
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20
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The Euler-Lagrange equation(part1, 2)
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21
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Eigenvalue problems
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22
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Kinematics
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23
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Equivalence with Newton’s second law
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24
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Examples from mechanics
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25
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Non-radially symmetric solutions
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26
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Dimensional consideration
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27
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The persistence length of DNA
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