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Wave-Matter Interaction: Diffraction and Diffusion Phenomena

Discusses wave-matter interactions, focusing on diffraction and diffusion phenomena, including principles of reflection, refraction, and the significance of X-ray interactions.

Lagrangian Mechanics: Symmetries and Conservation Laws

Explores Lagrangian mechanics, symmetries, conservation laws, and the Hamiltonian concept.

Analytical Mechanics: Principle of Least Action

Covers the principle of least action and constraint handling in analytical mechanics.

Interference of Electromagnetic Waves

Explores the interference of electromagnetic waves and standing wave formation, illustrating how wave energy is spatially modulated by interference.

Ray Optics

Introduces the basic principles of ray optics, covering topics such as microscopy aspects, image formation, and laws of reflection and refraction.

Interference and diffraction

Explores electromagnetic wave properties, wave interference, and diffraction phenomena in light.

Canonical Transformations: Rules and Equations

Explores canonical transformations, rules, equations, gauge invariance, and the principle of least action.

Interference and Diffraction Phenomena

Explores how electromagnetic waves interfere and diffract, impacting their propagation and energy distribution over distance.

Illumination in Microscopy

Covers critical and Kohler illumination, conjugate planes, and infinity corrected microscopes in microscopy.

Variational Calculus and Least Action Principle

Covers the principle of least action and variational calculus in discovering equations of motion.