Aims

Introducing the student to the modern theory of dynamical systems, in particular to a precise approach to the notion of chaos.

Main themes

Hamiltonian mechanics
Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian dynamical systems
Elements of ergodic theory

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites: the courses of analytical mechanics from 1st and 2nd candidatures.
This course is the last one of the three courses of mechanics. It is linked to those of electromagnetism (PHYS 2460), relativity (PHYS 2141) and statistical mechanics (PHYS 2460).
Support: no written support but precise references to published books.

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