Methods of Celestial Mechanics Volume I: Physical, Mathematical, and Numerical Principles /

• Main Author: Beutler, Gerhard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Computer mathematics.; Mechanics.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Computational Science and Engineering.

G. Beutler's Methods of Celestial Mechanics is a coherent textbook for students in physics, mathematics and engineering as well as an excellent reference for practitioners. This Volume I gives a thorough treatment of celestial mechanics and presents all the necessary mathematical details that a...

Table of Contents:

• Physical, Mathematical, and Numerical Principles
• Overview of the Work
• Historical Background
• The Equations of Motion
• The Two- and the Three-Body Problems
• Variational Equations
• Theory of Perturbations
• Numerical Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations: Principles and Concepts
• Orbit Determination and Parameter Estimation.