This post has been sitting in my mind for quite some time. Really, it is about mechanics - not about pendulums. What is the goal in mechanics (classical mechanics, if you like)? Generally, it is to ...

The study of Lagrangian dynamics has long served as a cornerstone in theoretical physics, providing an elegant formulation for the equations of motion across diverse systems. Recent advances have ...

This class covers the foundations of rigid multi-body mechanics. Topics include geometry of rigid bodies, rotating bodies, Lagrangian mechanics and variational principles, conservation of energy and ...

Iain Couzin, a leader in the study of collective animal behaviour, is the recipient of the 2019 Lagrange - CRT Foundation Prize, the first and most important international recognition dedicated to the ...

We study a trajectory-planning problem whose solution path evolves by means of a Lie group action and passes near a designated set of target positions at particular times. This is a higher-order ...

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 60, No. 4 (December 2002), pp. 737-771 (35 pages) We explore a coherent statistical/Bayesian framework for tracking rigid or non-rigid objects in highly ...