Classical Mechanics with Maxima

• Main Authors: Timberlake, Todd Keene (Author), Mixon, J. Wilson (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Algebra.; Mathematical physics.; Computer mathematics.; Mechanics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; General Algebraic Systems.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

This book guides undergraduate students in the use of Maxima—a computer algebra system—in solving problems in classical mechanics. It functions well as a supplement to a typical classical mechanics textbook. When it comes to problems that are too difficult to solve by hand, computer algebra systems...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Maxima
• Numerical Methods
• Newton’s Laws of Motion
• Dynamics of Single Particles
• Oscillators
• Nonlinear Mechanics and Chaos.