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Main Title Classical mechanics: a modern perspective
Author Barger, V.
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Olsson, Martin G.,
Publisher McGraw-Hill
Year Published 1973
OCLC Number 00357081
ISBN 007003723X; 9780070037236
Subjects Mechanics ; Klassieke mechanica ; Mechanik
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ELAM  QA805.B37 1973 Region 5 Library/Chicago,IL 03/26/2019
Collation xi, 305 pages illustrations 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents Notes
Survey of the elementary principles -- Variational principles and Lagrange's equations -- The two-body central force problem -- The kinematics of rigid body motion -- The rigid body equations of motion -- Special relativity in classical mechanics -- The Hamilton equations of motion -- Canonical transformations -- Hamilton-Jacobi theory -- Small oscilliations -- Introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations for continuous systems and fields.