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M.Sc. Degree Examination, 2012: 140. Analytical Mechanics and Tensor Analysis

This document appears to be an exam for a Master's degree in mathematics. It contains 15 questions testing knowledge of analytical mechanics and tensor analysis. The questions cover topics like Euler's equations of motion, conical pendulums, gyroscopic couples, Lagrange's equations, Hamilton's canonical equations, tensors, and Christoffel symbols. The exam has two sections - the first section contains 8 short answer questions worth 5 marks each, and the second has 3 long answer questions worth 20 marks each.

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M.Sc. Degree Examination, 2012: 140. Analytical Mechanics and Tensor Analysis

This document appears to be an exam for a Master's degree in mathematics. It contains 15 questions testing knowledge of analytical mechanics and tensor analysis. The questions cover topics like Euler's equations of motion, conical pendulums, gyroscopic couples, Lagrange's equations, Hamilton's canonical equations, tensors, and Christoffel symbols. The exam has two sections - the first section contains 8 short answer questions worth 5 marks each, and the second has 3 long answer questions worth 20 marks each.

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Register Number : Name of the Candidate :

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M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, 2012
( MATHEMATICS ) ( FIRST YEAR ) ( PAPER - IV )

140. ANALYTICAL MECHANICS AND TENSOR ANALYSIS May ] [ Time : 3 Hours Maximum : 100 Marks SECTION A (8 5 = 40)

Answer any EIGHT of the following. ALL questions carry equal marks. 1. Derive Eulers equation of motions for a rigid body with a fixed point. 2. Describe Conical pendulum. 3. Explain the motion of a rigid body with a fixed point under no force. Turn Over

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4. Explain the Gyroscopic couple.

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(b) Find the equation of motion of the simple pendulum in terms of elliptic functions. 12. Discuss the general motion of a top. 13. (a) Derive Lagranges equations for a non holonomic system. (b) Derive Hamiltans Canonical equations. 14. (a) Prove that gij is a mixed tensor of rank two. (b) Explain outer product of two tensors. 15. (a) Find the metric tensor and its expression for the five element in spherical coordinates. (b) Show that Covariant differentiation commutes with contraction.

5. Consider a spherical pendulum consisting of a particle of mass m which moves under gravity on a smooth sphere of radius a. Find the kinetic energy, potential energy and Lagrangian. 6. Prove that the action has a stationary value for natural motion when compared with adjacent motion having the same and events. 7. P r o v e t h a t t h e s e t o f a l l a d m i s s i b l e transformations forms a group. 8. Show that a tensor of order 2 can always be written as the sum of a symmetric tensor and a skew symmetric tensor. 9. Define derivatives of the fundamental tensors. 10. Define Christoffel symbols. SECTION B (3 20 = 60)

Answer any THREE of the following. ALL questions carry equal marks. 11. (a) S t a t e a n d p r o v e t h e p r i n c i p l e o f conservation of energy.

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