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Principle of Stationary Action & Euler-Lagrange Equations

Leonard Susskind · 1:49:46

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Legendre Transforms, Hamilton's Equations & Liouville's Theorem

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Introduction to Quantum Superposition

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Experimental Facts of Life — Photoelectric Effect, Double Slit & Bell

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States, Logic & Complex Vector Spaces

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Linear Operators, Eigenfunctions & The Schrödinger Equation

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Principle of Stationary Action & Euler-Lagrange Equations

Leonard SusskindDistinguishedStanford University

Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics

1:49:46·2011·undergraduate level
Path step 1: Derives Euler-Lagrange dynamics from stationary action — the conceptual precursor to path integrals.

Derives the calculus of variations and Euler-Lagrange equations for arbitrary generalized coordinates—the formalism underlying general relativity and quantum field theory.

PhysicsClassical & Statistical MechanicsRelativity & CosmologyCalculus & AnalysisLagrangian Mechanics

(October 10, 2011) Leonard Susskind discusses lagrangian functions as they relate to coordinate systems and forces in a system.

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Leonard SusskindDistinguished

Felix Bloch Professor of Theoretical Physics, Stanford University

Father of string theory, holographic principle pioneer, and creator of Stanford's Theoretical Minimum series across classical, quantum, and relativistic physics.

3 courses · 34 lecturesCanon
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