PHYS 498GMP Spring 99

Suggested reading for Lecture 9:

Lie derivative:

1. Hou ----> Chapter 2.4 (pp. 48--65)
2. MTW ----> Chapter 9.6 (pp. 235--240) including Box 9.2.
3. Arnold ----> Chapter 8 Sec. 39.
4. Marsden ----> Chapter 4 Sec. 4.3 (pp 120--123).

where

Arnold = A. Arnold: Math'l Metods of Classical Mechanics
Hou = Bo-Yu Hou & Bo-Yuan Hou: Differential Geometry for Physicists
Marsden = J.E.Marsden and T.S.Ratiu: Introduction to mechanics and symmetry
MTW = Misner, Thorne, & Wheeler: Gravitation