Classical mechanics /
"Classical Mechanics is intended for students who have studied some mechanics in an introductory physics course, such as "freshman physics." ... the book covers most of the topics normally found in books at this level, including conservation laws, oscillations, Lagrangian mechanics, t...
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Sausalito, Calif. :
University Science Books,
©2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Essentials. Newton's laws of motion ; Projectiles and charged particles ; Momentum and angular momentum ; Energy ; Oscillations ; Calculus of variations ; Lagrange's equations ; Two-body central force problems ; Mechanics in noninertial frames ; Motion of rigid bodies ; Coupled oscillators and normal modes
- pt. II. Further topics. Nonlinear mechanics and chaos ; Hamiltonian mechanics ; Collision theory ; Special relativity ; Continuum mechanics
- Appendix. Diagonalizing real symmetric matrices.