Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Science

School

Mathematics & Physics School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

3 Lecture hours
1 Tutorial hour

Incompatible

MATH4104

Prerequisite

Permission of Head of School

Assessment methods

Examination, assignments

Course enquiries

Dr Cathy Holmes (cah@maths.uq.edu.au)

This course is not currently offered, please contact the school.

Course description

(offered in semester 2 in odd years only) Lagrangian & Hamiltonian dynamics: differential & symplectic manifolds, differential forms, canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi methods. Perturbation theory, integrable systems, KAM theorem, area-preserving maps, Pioncare-Birkoff theorem, criteria for chaos, ergodicity, mixing.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2017 (24/07/2017 - 18/11/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015) St Lucia Internal Profile unavailable