Classical Mechanics Methuen's Monographs on Physical Subjects

It is a feature of the history of the subject that the study of atomic physics was accompanied by a partial neglect of that of classical mechanics. This led to the unsatisfactory situation in which the physicist was expected to assimilate the elements of quantum and statistical mechanics without und...

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Main Author: Leech, J.W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1965, 1965
Edition:1st ed. 1965
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Introduction
  • II Fundamental Ideas
  • III The Lagrangian Formulation
  • IV Applications of Lagrange’s Equations
  • V The Hamiltonian Formulation
  • VI Variational Principles
  • VII Transformation Theory
  • VIII Poisson Brackets
  • IX Continuous Systems
  • X Relativistic Mechanics
  • XI Fields
  • Examples