Hamilton’s Principle; Lagrangian for continuous systems; relativistic theories of particles and fields, Green’s functions; Lienard-Wiechert potential; motion of charges in electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic field tensor; Lorentz transformations of electromagnetic fields; action function of electromagnetic fields; Noether’s theorem; gravitational field in relativistic mechanics; curvilinear co-ordinates; introduction to general relativity. Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Physics 3300A/B. Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. May be offered in alternate years. back to top
