Advanced Classical Mechanics

Bijan Bagchi was born in 1950 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. He has a variety of research interests and involvements ranging from spectral problems in quantum mechanics to exactly solvable models, supersymmetric quantum mechanics, PT-symmetry and related non-Hermitian phenomenology, nonlinear dynamics and integrable models. He has published about 150 research articles in journals of international repute and held a number of visiting positions. He is the author of the book entitled Supersymmetry in Quantum and Classical Mechanics published by CRC/ Chapman & Hall (2000). He is currently Professor in Applied Mathematics at the University of Calcutta.

Conceptual Basis of Classical mechanics. Virtual Work and D’Alembert’s Principle. Lagrangian Systems. Rotating Frames. Hamiltonian Systems. Small Oscillations. Phase Space Flows. Action Principles. Symmetries and Conservation Laws. Canonical Transformations. Introduction to Dynamical Systems. Special Theory of Relativity.