Classical Mechanics
4th Edition
Published on 26. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-582-25972-0 (ISBN)
Description
Now includes two new chapters on the qualitative geometrical features of dynamical systems, and on the distinction between regular and chaotic motion. The book assumes some prior acquaintance with the elementary concepts, but begins with a review of these first principles. Needed results on vectors are summarized in an appendix. Those features of classical mechanics, which are of importance in other branches of physics, particularly the conservation laws and symmetries, are highlighted.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-25972-0 (9780582259720)
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Previous edition
Tom W. B. Kibble
Classical Mechanics
Book
04/1985
3rd Edition
Longman
€24.79
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Content
1. Introduction. 2. Linear motion. 3. Energy and angular momentum. 4. Central conservative forces. 5. Rotating frames. 6. Potential theory. 7. The two-body problem. 8. Many-body systems. 9. Rigid bodies. 10. Lagrangian mechanics. 11. Small oscillations and normal modes. 12. Hamiltonian mechanics. 13. Dynamical systems and their geometry. 14. Order and chaos in Hamiltonian systems. Appendix A: Vectors. Appendix.B: Conics. Appendix C: Phase plane analysis near critical points.