Fundamental Principles of Physics I

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	480-4001/01
Abbreviation	FPFI
Course title	Fundamental Principles of Physics I
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	Ing. Iva Tkáčová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basics of calculus
2. The principle least action (Hamilton's principle)
3. Conservation laws, the theory of E. Noether
4. Problem of two bodies, Kepler's task
5. Hamilton's canonical equations, Poisson's brackets
6. Canonic transformation, Liouville's theorem, Hamilton-Jacobi theory
7. Quantum mechanics, commutator and uncertainty relations
8. Time evolution of the quantum state, Feynman's formulation of quantum mechanics

E-learning

https://lms.vsb.cz/

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

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