The principle of least action : history and physics /

The principle of least action : history and physics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rojo, Alberto G., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018. ©2018
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 255 pages.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Least action. Variational principles. Mechanics. Lagrange equations. Hamilton-Jacobi equations. Hamilton-Jacobi equations. Lagrange equations. Least action. Mechanics. Variational principles.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11794582

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Other authors / contributors:	Bloch, Anthony, 1955- author.
ISBN:	9781139021029 (electronic bk.) 1139021028 (electronic bk.) 9780521869027 0521869021
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Original 9780521869027 0521869021

Table of Contents:

Prehistory of variational principles
An excursio to Newton's Principia
The optical-mechanical analogy, Part I: D'Alembert, Lagrange, and the statics-dynamics analogy
The optical mechanical analogy, Part II: the Hamilton-Jacobi equation
Relativity and least action
The road to quantum mechanics.