Louis N. Hand, Janet D. Finch

Analytical Mechanics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An advanced undergraduate-level textbook introducing the key analytical techniques of classical mechanics, first published in 1999.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1295g
• ISBN-13: 9780521573276
• ISBN-10: 0521573270
• Artikelnr.: 34438952

Inhaltsangabe

1. Lagrangian mechanics
2. Variational calculus and its application to mechanics
3. Linear oscillators
4. One dimensional systems: central forces and the Kepler problem
5. Noether's theorem and Hamiltonian dynamics
6. Theoretical mechanics: from canonical transformations to action-angle variables
7. Rotating coordinate systems
8. The dynamics of rigid bodies
9. The theory of small vibrations
10. Approximate solutions to non-analytic problems
11. Chaotic dynamics
12. Special relativity.