Perfect form : variational principles, methods, and applications in elementary physics /

Perfect Form introduces the basic "variational" principles of classical physics (least time, least potential energy, least action, and Hamilton's principle), develops the mathematical language most suited to their application (the calculus of variations), and presents applications fro...

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Main Author: Lemons, Don S. (Don Stephen), 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Least Time
  • Ch. 2. Calculus of Variations
  • Ch. 3. Curved Light
  • Ch. 4. Least Potential Energy
  • Ch. 5. Least Action
  • Ch. 6. Hamilton's Principle
  • Restricted
  • Ch. 7. Hamilton's Principle
  • Extended.