Classical mechanics
Herbert Goldstein (Author),Charles P. Poole (Author),John L. Safko (Author)
This classic text enables students to make connections between classical and modern physics - an indispensable part of a physicist's education. In this new edition, Beams Medal winner Charles Poole and John Safko have updated the text to include the latest topics, applications, and notation, to reflect today's physics curriculum. They introduce students to the increasingly important role that nonlinearities play in contemporary applications of classical mechanics. New numerical exercises help students to develop skills in how to use computer techniques to solve problems in physics. Mathematical techniques are presented in detail so that the text remains fully accessible to students who have not had an intermediate course in classical mechanics
xviii, 646 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781292026558, 9788131758915, 8131758915, 1292026553
960166650
Survey of the elementary principles
Variational principles and Lagrange's equations
The central force problem
The Kinematics of rigid body motion
The rigid body equations of motion
Oscillations
The classical mechanics of the special theory of relativity
The Hamilton equations of motion
Canonical transformations
Hamilton-Jacobi theory and action-angle variables
Classical chaos
Canonical perturbation theory
Introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations for continuous systems and fields