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Lecture Notes     
Introduction, Configuration space, Equations of Motion, Velocity Phase Space.
updated 8/31/16
The Action, The Lagrangian and Hamilton's Principle.
updated 9/12/16
Some Examples.
updated 9/19/16
Constraints and Lagrange Multipliers.
updated 9/21/16
Symmetries and Conservation Laws
updated 9/28/16
First integrals. Reduction. The 2-body problem.
updated 10/12/16
The Kepler Problem.
updated 10/17/16
Small Oscillations. Forced Oscillations.
updated 10/24/16
Normal Modes.
updated 11/2/16
Hamiltonian Formalism: Hamilton's equations. Conservation laws. Reduction. Poisson Brackets.
updated 11/21/16
Hamilton's Principle. Canonical Transformations.
updated 11/29/16
Infinitesimal Canonical Transformations.  Symmetries and Conservation Laws.
updated 12/11/16