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Fundamental Principles of Physics I

Language of instruction čeština
Code 480-4001
Abbreviation FPFI
Course title Fundamental Principles of Physics I
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator Ing. Iva Tkáčová, Ph.D.

Summary

Hamilton's principle of least action is one of the principles on which to formulate all the equations of modern physics and which also serves as a tool for finding new theories. The course is devoted to its application in the framework of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism in classical and quantum mechanics.

Literature

R. Shankar – Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1994

Advised literature

R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands – Feynmanovy přednášky z fyziky, Fragment, Praha, 2000