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Classical mechanics / Tai L. Chow.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 621 p. : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781466569980
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 531 23 C552
Contents:
1. Kinematics: describing the motion-- 2. Newtonian mechanics-- 3. Integration of Newton's equation of motion-- 4. Lagrangian formulation of mechanics: descriptions of motion in configuration space-- 5. Hamiltonian formulation of mechanics: descriptions of motion in phase spaces-- 6. Motion under a central force-- 7. Harmonic oscillator-- 8. Coupled oscillations and normal coordinates-- 9. Nonlinear oscillations-- 10. Collisions and scatterings-- 11. Motion in non-inertial systems-- 12. Motion of rigid bodies-- 13. Theory of special relativity-- 14. Newtonian gravity and Newtonian cosmology-- 15. Hamilton-Jacobi theory of dynamics-- 16. Introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations for continuous systems and classical fields-- Appendices-- Index.
Summary: The book evolved from a set of lecture notes for a course on the subject taught by the author at California State University, Stanislaus, for many years. It assumes the reader has been exposed to a course in calculus and a calculus-based general physics course. However, no prior knowledge of differential equations is required. Differential equations and new mathematical methods are developed in the text as the occasion demands.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Kinematics: describing the motion--
2. Newtonian mechanics--
3. Integration of Newton's equation of motion--
4. Lagrangian formulation of mechanics: descriptions of motion in configuration space--
5. Hamiltonian formulation of mechanics: descriptions of motion in phase spaces--
6. Motion under a central force--
7. Harmonic oscillator--
8. Coupled oscillations and normal coordinates--
9. Nonlinear oscillations--
10. Collisions and scatterings--
11. Motion in non-inertial systems--
12. Motion of rigid bodies--
13. Theory of special relativity--
14. Newtonian gravity and Newtonian cosmology--
15. Hamilton-Jacobi theory of dynamics--
16. Introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations for continuous systems and classical fields--
Appendices--
Index.

The book evolved from a set of lecture notes for a course on the subject taught by the author at California State University, Stanislaus, for many years. It assumes the reader has been exposed to a course in calculus and a calculus-based general physics course. However, no prior knowledge of differential equations is required. Differential equations and new mathematical methods are developed in the text as the occasion demands.

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