Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Laws of Mechanics and Symmetry Principles
- 2 Mathematical Preliminaries
- 3 Real Effects of Pseudo-forces: Description of Motion in Accelerated Frame of Reference
- 4 Small Oscillations and Wave Motion
- 5 Damped and Driven Oscillations; Resonances
- 6 The Variational Principle
- 7 Angular Momentum and Rigid Body Dynamics
- 8 The Gravitational Interaction in Newtonian Mechanics
- 9 Complex Behavior of Simple System
- 10 Gradient Operator, Methods of Fluid Mechanics, and Electrodynamics
- 11 Rudiments of Fluid Mechanics
- 12 Basic Principles of Electrodynamics
- 13 Introduction to the Special Theory of Relativity
- 14 A Glimpse of the General Theory of Relativity
- Index
1 - Laws of Mechanics and Symmetry Principles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 November 2019
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Laws of Mechanics and Symmetry Principles
- 2 Mathematical Preliminaries
- 3 Real Effects of Pseudo-forces: Description of Motion in Accelerated Frame of Reference
- 4 Small Oscillations and Wave Motion
- 5 Damped and Driven Oscillations; Resonances
- 6 The Variational Principle
- 7 Angular Momentum and Rigid Body Dynamics
- 8 The Gravitational Interaction in Newtonian Mechanics
- 9 Complex Behavior of Simple System
- 10 Gradient Operator, Methods of Fluid Mechanics, and Electrodynamics
- 11 Rudiments of Fluid Mechanics
- 12 Basic Principles of Electrodynamics
- 13 Introduction to the Special Theory of Relativity
- 14 A Glimpse of the General Theory of Relativity
- Index
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- Foundations of Classical Mechanics , pp. 9 - 30Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019