PHY 711 Fall 2013 Lecture 15 1 PHY 7 11 Classical Mechanics and Mathematical Methods 101050 AM MWF Olin 103 Plan for Lecture 15 Start reading Chapter 4 Small oscillations about equilibrium ID: 265087
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Plan for Lecture 15:
Start reading Chapter 4
Small oscillations about equilibrium
Normal modesSlide2
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Please use this time to complete all outstanding assignmentsSlide3
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Motivation for studying small oscillations – many interacting systems have stable and meta-stable configurations which are well approximated by:Slide4
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Example – linear molecule
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Digression:Slide11
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Digression on matrices -- continued
Eigenvalues of a matrix are “invariant” under a similarity transformation Slide12
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Example of transformation:Slide13
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Additional digression on matrix properties
Singular value decompositionSlide18
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Singular value decomposition -- continued