Classical Mechanics Theory and Mathematical Modeling /

Classical mechanics is a chief example of the scientific method organizing a "complex" collection of information into theoretically rigorous, unifying principles; in this sense, mechanics represents one of the highest forms of mathematical modeling. This textbook covers standard topics of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DiBenedetto, Emmanuele (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2011.
Series:Cornerstones
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Geometry of Motion
  • Constraints and Lagrangian Coordinates
  • Dynamics of a Point Mass
  • Geometry of Masses
  • Systems Dynamics
  • The Lagrange Equations
  • Precessions
  • Variational Principles
  • Bibliography
  • Index.