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Part II: Classical Mechanics

Mechanics is generally taken to mean the study of the motion of objects (or their lack of motion) under the action of given forces. Classical mechanics is sometimes considered a branch of applied mathematics. It consists of kinematics, the description of motion, and dynamics, the study of the action of forces in producing either motion or static equilibrium.

The final draft will be available soon !!

Hand-writing chapters:

Elementary Principles in Classical Mechanics (PDF).
Variational Principle and Lagrange's Equation (PDF).
The Central Force Problem (PDF).
Rigid Bodies (PDF).
Hamilton Equation of Motion (PDF).

These lecture notes are far from original. They borrow heavily from the following books:

Mechanics by Keith R. Symon (Undergraduate).
Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems by Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion (Undergraduate).
Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein, Charles Poole, John Safko (Graduate).