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9780821844380

Foundations of Mechanics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821844380

  • ISBN10:

    0821844385

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-06-04
  • Publisher: Amer Mathematical Society

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Summary

Undoubtedly [the book] will be for years the standard reference on symplectic geometry, analytical mechanics and symplectic methods in mathematical physics.

Table of Contents

Preliminaries: Differential theory Calculus on manifolds
Analytical dynamics: Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems
Hamiltonian systems with symmetry Hamilton-Jacobi theory and mathematical physics
An outline of qualitative dynamics: Topological dynamics Differentiable dynamics
Hamiltonian dynamics Celestial mechanics: The two-body problem
The three-body problem
The general theory of dynamical systems and classical mechanics
Bibliography
Index
Glossary of symbols Errata
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