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Theoretical Mechanics : Theoretical Physics 1, Paperback / softback Book

Theoretical Mechanics : Theoretical Physics 1 Paperback / softback

Part of the Graduate Texts in Physics series

Paperback / softback

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This book is the first of a series covering the major topics that are taught in university courses in Theoretical Physics: Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Theory and Statistical Physics.

After an introduction to basic concepts of mechanics more advanced topics build the major part of this book.

Interspersed is a discussion of selected problems of motion.

This is followed by a concise treatment of the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian formulation of mechanics, as well as a brief excursion on chaotic motion.

The last chapter deals with applications of the Lagrangian formulation to specific systems (coupled oscillators, rotating coordinate systems, rigid bodies).

The level of the last sections is advanced. The text is accompanied by an extensive collection of online material, in which the possibilities of the electronic medium are fully exploited, e.g. in the form of applets, 2D- and 3D-animations. It contains: A collection of 74 problems with detailed step-by-step guidance towards the solutions, a collection of comments and additional mathematical details in support of the main text, a complete presentation of all the mathematical tools needed.

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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:402 pages, IX, 402 p.
  • Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
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  • ISBN:9783642265860

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  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:402 pages, IX, 402 p.
  • Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
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  • ISBN:9783642265860

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