Classical Mechanics

by Strauch, Dieter

• ISBN13: 9783540736158
• ISBN10: 3540736158
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This upper-level undergraduate and beginning graduate textbook primarily covers the theory and application of Newtonian and Lagrangian, but also of Hamiltonian mechanics. In addition, included are elements of continuum mechanics and the accompanying classical field theory, wherein four-vector notation is introduced without explicit reference to special relativity. The author's writing style attempts to ease students through the primary and secondary results, thus building a solid foundation for understanding applications. So the text is thus structured around developments of the main ideas, explicit proofs, and numerous claifications, comments and applications. Numerous examples illustrate the material and often present alternative approaches to the final results. Frequent references are made linking mechanics to other fields of physics. These lecture notes have been used frequently by students to prepare for written and/or oral examinations.

Table of Contents

Introductory Remarks

The Newtonian Mechanics of Point-Mass Systems: Basics

Newtonian Mechanics: First Applications

Lagrangian Mechanics

Harmonic Vibrations

Central Potentials and the Kepler Problem

Collision and Scattering Problems

Moving Reference Frames

Dynamics of a Rigid Body

Hamiltonian Dynamics

Mechanics of Continua

Appendices

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