In 2014, Dr. Friedric Sculler taught a course in German at FAU on classical mechanics. In one of the classes, he mentions sharing his detailed notes with the class which are in English. The link for the course is provided below. I have turned the whole of the internet upside down to look for those but I found only his lecture notes on "geometrical anatomy of physics" and quantum theory. Does anybody have his lecture notes on classical mechanics or any clue how to find them? I am tired of reading hand-wavy arguments presented in typical classical mechanics books. Help needed.
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1$\begingroup$ hmm, I worked at DESY and don't know what FAU is. It's not ETH. $\endgroup$– JEBCommented Jul 19 at 16:04
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1$\begingroup$ @JEB FAU is a (famous) German university. $\endgroup$– Níckolas AlvesCommented Jul 19 at 16:06
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3$\begingroup$ Have you tried emailing Prof. Schuller? He seems like the best person to ask this to $\endgroup$– Níckolas AlvesCommented Jul 19 at 16:07
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1$\begingroup$ @NíckolasAlves It was just called "Erlangen" when I was there. $\endgroup$– JEBCommented Jul 20 at 0:52
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1$\begingroup$ @TariqBY no can do, I've moved well beyond that stuff. $\endgroup$– JEBCommented Jul 20 at 4:10
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Wow. I found it. It's called Newton-Cartan theory. A rigorous mathematical treatment of Newton's theory. Which connects it pretty nicely with the theory of relativity. If you are interested look for
- A. Trautman's research papers on Newton-Cartan theory.
- Lectures on general relativity, volume one, 1964, Brandeis Summer Institute in theoretical physics
- Newton–Cartan gravity, Lecture notes by Philip Schwartz