PHYS 498GMP Spring 99          
=======> GEOMETRIC METHODS
IN PHYSICS
dynamical systems

Suggested reading for Lecture 3:

Everything about exterior forms

1. Arnold ----> Chapter 7 Sections 32 and 33

2. MTW ----> Chapter 2.5 (pages 53--59) and Box 4.1 A,B (pages 91--94).

where

Arnold = A. Arnold: Math'l Metods of Classical Mechanics
MTW = Misner, Thorne, & Wheeler: Gravitation

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