Variational principles and Lagrange's Equations, Hamilton's principle. Kinematics of rigid body motion, Euler angles, rigid body equations of motion. Hamilton's equations, cyclic coordinates, Legendre transformations. Canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory.
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