ENGLISH

Mechanics: From Newton’s Laws to Deterministic Chaos

By Professor Dr. Florian A. Scheck (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1999
ISBN
978-3-540-65558-9, 978-3-662-03748-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03748-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12304198 bytes)
Pages
Originally published in German under the title: Me
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
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Description

This third edition closely follows the fifth German edition. In particular, it now contains an enlarged presentation of the "tippe top" and a new section on the use of Riemannian geometry in mechanics. As before, the book contains numerous problems with complete solutions, and some practical examples.This will be appreciated in particular by students using the text to accompnay lectures on mechanics. The main features of the book remain unchanged: the coverage extends from elementary Newtonian mechanics, Lagrangian as well as canonical Hamilton-Jacobian mechanics, the mechanics of rigid bodies, special relativity, and the geometric aspects of mechanics to the discussion of deterministic chaos and a short introduction to continuous systems. The book ends with some historical remarks on important pioneers in mechanics.

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