Classical Physics: Review of Newtonian mechanics, Lagrangian mechanics, constraints, principle of virtual work, D’Alembert’s principle, Action Principle and Lagrange's equations,  Velocity dependent potentials, Legendre Transformation and Hamiltonian equations, Central forces, Kepler’s problem, Waves and Oscillations, Damped and Forced Oscillations, normal modes, Basics of Special Relativity, Galilean and Lorentz transformations, Time dilation and length contraction, relativistic kinematics and mass-energy equivalence. Electromagnetic Waves and Optics: Maxwell’s equations, wave equation, plane electromagnetic waves, longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition, wave packets, two and three dimensional waves, energy- momentum, Poynting’s theorem, electromagnetic boundary conditions, Laser, Young’s experiment, interferometers, diffraction, Fraunhofer diffraction (single slit), dispersion. Wave Mechanics: Failure of classical physics, qualitative review of relevant experiments, de Broglie waves, uncertainty principle, wave function and Schrodinger equation, probability interpretation, particle on a chain, potential barrier and quantum tunneling, potential well, Harmonic oscillator, operator algebra, Hydrogen atom and angular momentum algebra.

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