Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Analytical Mechanics: Forty Exercises Resolved and Explained

• Main Author: Pletser, Vladimir (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: UNITEXT for Physics,
• Subjects: Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Physics.; Classical Mechanics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This textbook introduces readers to the detailed and methodical resolution of classical and more recent problems in analytical mechanics. This valuable learning tool includes worked examples and 40 exercises with step-by-step solutions, carefully chosen for their importance in classical, celestial a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Lagrange equations
• Hamilton Equations
• First Integral and Variational Principle
• Canonical Transformations or Contact Transformations
• Hamilton-Jacobi Equations
• Phase Integral and Action-Angle Variables.