Classical Mechanics

The book introduces the main ideas and concepts of Newtonian, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, including the basics of rigid body motion and relativistic dynamics, at an intermediate to advanced level.

List of contents

1 Preliminaries 2 Review of Newtonian mechanics 3 Motion in a central potential 4 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics 5 Motion relative to a non-inertial frame 6 Rigid body motion 7 Introduction to relativistic mechanics Bibliography Index

About the author

Artemio González-López (Madrid, 1959) is a theoretical physicist specializing in mathematical physics, particularly classical and quantum integrability. He earned degrees in Physics (1982) and Mathematics (1995) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), and a Ph.D. in Physics (1984) at UCM. A Fulbright Scholar at Princeton University (1985-87), he has taught at the Universities of Minnesota and Waterloo and at UCM, where he is a Full Professor since 2009. Author of over 90 papers, he has supervised four Ph.D. theses and led ten research projects. He is also an editor of several scientific journals and heads UCM's Mathematical Physics group.

Product details

• Authors: Artemio Gonzalezlopez, Artemio González–López
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 12.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032987965
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3298796-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / General, MATHEMATICS / Applied, SCIENCE / Mechanics / General, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematical physics, Applied mathematics, Engineering: general, Plasma Physics, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics