Mechanics From Newton’s Laws to Deterministic Chaos /

• Main Author: Scheck, Florian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Edition: Fourth Edition.
• Series: Advanced Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Quantum physics.; Mechanics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

This updated and revised fourth edition covers all topics in mechanics from elementary Newtonian mechanics, canonical and rigid body mechanics to relativistic mechanics and nonlinear dynamics. In particular, symmetries and invariance principles, geometrical structures and continuum mechanics play an...

Table of Contents:

• Elementary Newtonian Mechanics
• The Principles of Canonical Mechanics
• The Mechanics of Rigid Bodies
• Relativistic Mechanics
• Geometric Aspects of Mechanics
• Stability and Chaos
• Continuous Systems.