Analytical mechanics /
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| Author / Creator: | Hand, Louis N., 1933- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. |
| Description: | xv, 575 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3854022 |
Table of Contents:
- 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