Lagrangian Mechanics (automatic translation) Download the complete CourseMaterial

Teacher(s)
Jean-Philippe Ansermet
Study level
Bachelor
Category
Physics
Course

This General Physics - Mechanics course provides the tools to master Newtonian mechanics of the material point. (automatic translation)
Lagrange's formalism enables us to efficiently solve complex mechanical problems. It also provides a more fundamental insight into conservation laws (Noether's theorem). To illustrate Lagrange's method, we'll look at the all-important problem of coupled harmonic oscillators, expressed as a problem of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. We end with a formalism for analyzing parametric resonances, illustrated by an experiment showing the stability of a forced inverted pendulum. (automatic translation)