Analytical Mechanics An Introduction

Zusatztext Pleasantly presented. Informationen zum Autor Professor Antonio Fasano Dipartimento di Matematica "U. Dini" Universita di Firenze Viale Morgagni 67A 50134 Firenze Italy Professor Stefano Marmi Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza dei Cavalieri 7 56126 Pisa Italy Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung Is the solar system stable? Is there a unifying 'economy' principle in mechanics? How can a pointmass be described as a 'wave'? This book offers students an understanding of the most relevant and far reaching results of the theory of Analytical Mechanics, including plenty of examples, exercises, and solved problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Geometric and Kinematic Foundations of Lagrangian Mechanics 2: Dynamics: General Laws and the Dynamics of a Point Particle 3: One-dimensional Motion 4: The Dynamics of Discrete Systems. Lagrangian Formalism 5: Motion in a Central Field 6: Rigid Bodies: Geometry and Kinematics 7: The Mechanics of Rigid Bodies: Dynamics 8: Analytical Mechanics: Hamiltonian Formalism 9: Analytical Mechanics: Variational Principles 10: Analytical Mechanics: Canonical Formalism 11: Analytical Mechanics: Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Integrability 12: Analytical Mechanics: Canonical Perturbation Theory 13: Analytical Mechanics: An Introduction to Ergodic Theory and to Chaotic Motion 14: Statistical Mechanics: Kinetic Theory 15: Statistical Mechanics: Gibbs Sets 16: langrangian Formalism in Continuum Mechanics Appendices

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• Authors: S. Marmi, A. Fasano, Antonio (Dipartimento DI Matematica Fasano, Stefano (Scuola Normale Superiore Marmi, Fasano Antonio, Marmi Stefano, Antonio Marmi Fasano, Stefano Marmi, Antonio Fasano
• Assisted by: Beatrice Pelloni (Translation), Beatrice (Department of Mathematics Pelloni (Translation), Pelloni Beatrice (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 06.04.2006
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics
• EAN: 9780198508021
• ISBN: 978-0-19-850802-1
• Pages: 788
• Series: Oxford Graduate Texts; Oxford Graduate Texts
• Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, MATHEMATICS / Applied, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Fluids, SCIENCE / Mechanics / General, Mechanical Engineering, Fluid mechanics, Applied mathematics, Physics: Fluid mechanics, Analytical mechanics