Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Study Cycle: Graduate
SUBJECT

Code	Subject	
MMM0006	Celestical Mechanics	

Section	Semester	Hours: C+S+L	Category	Type	
Mathematics - in Romanian	6	2+1+0	speciality	optional	
Applied Mathematics	6	2+1+0	speciality	optional	

Teaching Staff in Charge	Assoc.Prof. SZENKOVITS Ferenc, Ph.D., fszenko@math.ubbcluj.ro	
Aims	The thoroughgoing study of unperturbed (keplerian) motion of celestial bodies. Solving general problems of Celestial Mechanics and Space Dynamics using some specific mathematical methods. The application of these results for the analysis of some concret problems in the dinamics of celestial bodies. Qualitative and topological methods used in celestial mechanics will be also presented. Computer simulations for the motion of natural and artificial celestial bodies will be performed.	
Content		
Bibliography	1. ARNOLD, V. - KOZLOV, V.V. - NEISHTADT, A.: Mathematical Aspects of Classical and Celestial Mechanics. translated from the Russian by A. Iacob, Mir. Publishers, Moscow, 1988.
2. BOCCALETTI, D. - PUCACCO, G.: Theory of Orbits Volume 1: Integrable Systems and Non-Perturbative Methods. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1998.
3. BOCCALETTI, D. - PUCACCO, G.: Theory of Orbits. Volume 2: Perturbative and Geometrical Methods. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1999. BROWER, D. CLEMENCE, G.M.: Methods of Celestial Mechanics. Academic Press, New York, 1961 (trad. in l. rusa, Ed. Mir, Moscova, 1964) 
4. DRÂMBA, C.: Elemente de mecanica cereasca. Ed. Tehnica, Bucuresti, 1958. 
5. DUBOSIN, G. N.: Nebesnaya Mechanika. Osnovnie zadaci i metodi. Izd. Nauka, Moskva, 1963, 1968. 
6. ÉRDI Bálint: Égi mechanika. Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1992. 
7. ÉRDI Bálint: A Napredszer dinamikája. ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, Budapest, 2001. 
8. OPROIU, T. Et alii: Astronomie. Culegere de exercitii, probleme si programe de calcul. Univ. Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca, 1985, 1989. 
9. ROZ, A.E.: Orbital Motion. Third Edition, Adam Hilger, Bristol and Philadelphia, 1988.
	
Assessment	Activity at the seminaries (40%).
Exam at the end of the term (60%).