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Classical Mechanics
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Classical Mechanics [electronic resource] / by Matthew J. Benacquista, Joseph D. Romano.
ISBN
9783319687803
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XVII, 546 p.) 160 illus.
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Summary
This textbook provides an introduction to classical mechanics at a level intermediate between the typical undergraduate and advanced graduate level. This text describes the background and tools for use in the fields of modern physics, such as quantum mechanics, astrophysics, particle physics, and relativity. Students who have had basic undergraduate classical mechanics or who have a good understanding of the mathematical methods of physics will benefit from this book.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2018
Series
Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
Contents
Elementary Newtonian mechanics
Principle of virtual work and Lagrange's equations
Hamilton's principle and action integrals
Central force problems
Scattering
Rigid body kinematics
Rigid body dynamics
Small oscillations
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations for continuous systems and fields
Special relativity
A Vector calculus
B Differential forms
C Calculus of variations
D Linear algebra
E Special functions.
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