Theoretical Mechanics Theoretical Physics 1 /

• Main Authors: Lüdde, Cora S. (Author), Dreizler, Reiner M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

After an introduction to basic concepts of mechanics more advanced topics build the major part of this book. Interspersed is a discussion of selected problems of motion. This is followed by a concise treatment of the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian formulation of mechanics, as well as a brief excursi...

Table of Contents:

• A First Survey
• Kinematics
• Dynamics I: Axioms and Conservation Laws
• Dynamics II: Problems of Motion
• General Formulation of the Mechanics of Point Particles.-Application of the Lagrange Formalism
• References
• Biographical Data
• The Greek Alphabet
• Nomenclature
• Physical Quantities
• Some Constants and Astronomical Data
• Formulae.