Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics

Author: V.I. Arnol'd
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475720637
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
This book constructs the mathematical apparatus of classical mechanics from the beginning, examining basic problems in dynamics like the theory of oscillations and the Hamiltonian formalism. The author emphasizes geometrical considerations and includes phase spaces and flows, vector fields, and Lie groups. Discussion includes qualitative methods of the theory of dynamical systems and of asymptotic methods like averaging and adiabatic invariance.

Mathematical Methods of Classical Physics

Author: Vicente Cortés
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319564633
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 105

Book Description
This short primer, geared towards students with a strong interest in mathematically rigorous approaches, introduces the essentials of classical physics, briefly points out its place in the history of physics and its relation to modern physics, and explains what benefits can be gained from a mathematical perspective. As a starting point, Newtonian mechanics is introduced and its limitations are discussed. This leads to and motivates the study of different formulations of classical mechanics, such as Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, which are the subjects of later chapters. In the second part, a chapter on classical field theories introduces more advanced material. Numerous exercises are collected in the appendix.

Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics

Author: Frederick W. Byron
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486135063
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 674

Book Description
Graduate-level text offers unified treatment of mathematics applicable to many branches of physics. Theory of vector spaces, analytic function theory, theory of integral equations, group theory, and more. Many problems. Bibliography.

Mathematical Methods In Classical And Quantum Physics

Author: Tulsi Dass
Publisher: Universities Press
ISBN: 9788173710896
Category : Mathematical physics
Languages : en
Pages : 718

Book Description
This book is intended to provide an adequate background for various theortical physics courses, especially those in classical mechanics, electrodynamics, quatum mechanics and statistical physics. Each topic is dealt with in a generally self-contained manner and the text is interspersed with a number of solved examples ad a large number of exercise problems.

Mathematical Aspects of Classical and Celestial Mechanics

Author: Vladimir I. Arnold
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540489266
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 505

Book Description
The main purpose of the book is to acquaint mathematicians, physicists and engineers with classical mechanics as a whole, in both its traditional and its contemporary aspects. As such, it describes the fundamental principles, problems, and methods of classical mechanics, with the emphasis firmly laid on the working apparatus, rather than the physical foundations or applications. Chapters cover the n-body problem, symmetry groups of mechanical systems and the corresponding conservation laws, the problem of the integrability of the equations of motion, the theory of oscillations and perturbation theory.

Physics for Mathematicians

Author: Michael Spivak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780914098324
Category : Mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 733

Book Description

Analytical Mechanics

Author: Grant R. Fowles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mechanics, Analytic
Languages : en
Pages : 584

Book Description
With the direct, accessible, and pragmatic approach of Fowles and Cassiday's ANALYTICAL MECHANICS, Seventh Edition, thoroughly revised for clarity and concision, students will grasp challenging concepts in introductory mechanics. A complete exposition of the fundamentals of classical mechanics, this proven and enduring introductory text is a standard for the undergraduate Mechanics course. Numerical worked examples increased students' problem-solving skills, while textual discussions aid in student understanding of theoretical material through the use of specific cases.

Classical Mechanics

Author: Alexei Deriglazov
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642140378
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
Formalism of classical mechanics underlies a number of powerful mathematical methods that are widely used in theoretical and mathematical physics. This book considers the basics facts of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, as well as related topics, such as canonical transformations, integral invariants, potential motion in geometric setting, symmetries, the Noether theorem and systems with constraints. While in some cases the formalism is developed beyond the traditional level adopted in the standard textbooks on classical mechanics, only elementary mathematical methods are used in the exposition of the material. The mathematical constructions involved are explicitly described and explained, so the book can be a good starting point for the undergraduate student new to this field. At the same time and where possible, intuitive motivations are replaced by explicit proofs and direct computations, preserving the level of rigor that makes the book useful for the graduate students intending to work in one of the branches of the vast field of theoretical physics. To illustrate how classical-mechanics formalism works in other branches of theoretical physics, examples related to electrodynamics, as well as to relativistic and quantum mechanics, are included.

Classical Mechanics

Author: Dieter Strauch
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540736166
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 414

Book Description
This upper-level undergraduate and beginning graduate textbook primarily covers the theory and application of Newtonian and Lagrangian, but also of Hamiltonian mechanics. In addition, included are elements of continuum mechanics and the accompanying classical field theory, wherein four-vector notation is introduced without explicit reference to special relativity. The author's writing style attempts to ease students through the primary and secondary results, thus building a solid foundation for understanding applications. Numerous examples illustrate the material and often present alternative approaches to the final results.

Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics, second edition

Author: Gerald Jay Sussman
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262028964
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 580

Book Description
The new edition of a classic text that concentrates on developing general methods for studying the behavior of classical systems, with extensive use of computation. We now know that there is much more to classical mechanics than previously suspected. Derivations of the equations of motion, the focus of traditional presentations of mechanics, are just the beginning. This innovative textbook, now in its second edition, concentrates on developing general methods for studying the behavior of classical systems, whether or not they have a symbolic solution. It focuses on the phenomenon of motion and makes extensive use of computer simulation in its explorations of the topic. It weaves recent discoveries in nonlinear dynamics throughout the text, rather than presenting them as an afterthought. Explorations of phenomena such as the transition to chaos, nonlinear resonances, and resonance overlap to help the student develop appropriate analytic tools for understanding. The book uses computation to constrain notation, to capture and formalize methods, and for simulation and symbolic analysis. The requirement that the computer be able to interpret any expression provides the student with strict and immediate feedback about whether an expression is correctly formulated. This second edition has been updated throughout, with revisions that reflect insights gained by the authors from using the text every year at MIT. In addition, because of substantial software improvements, this edition provides algebraic proofs of more generality than those in the previous edition; this improvement permeates the new edition.