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Part I. Newtonian Mechanics of a Single Particle: 1. The algebra and calculus of vectors | |
2. Velocity, acceleration and scalar angular velocity | |
3. Newton's laws of motion and the law of gravitation | |
4. Problems in particle dynamics | |
5. Linear oscillations | |
6. Energy conservation | |
7. Orbits in a central field | |
8. Non-linear oscillations and phase space | |
Part II. Multi-particle Systems: 9. The energy principle | |
10. The linear momentum principle | |
11. The angular momentum principle | |
Part III. Analytical mechanics: 12. Lagrange's equations and conservation principle | |
13. The calculus of variations and Hamilton's principle | |
14. Hamilton's equations and phase space | |
Part IV. Further Topics: 15. The general theory of small oscillations | |
16. Vector angular velocity and rigid body kinematics | |
17. Rotating reference frames | |
18. Tensor algebra and the inertia tensor | |
19. Problems in rigid body dynamics | |
Appendix. Centres of mass and moments of inertia | |
Answers to the problems | |
Bibliography | |
Index. |
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