A modern approach to classical mechanics / Harald Iro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iro, Harald.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Standardized Title:

Mechanik. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Mechanics.

Statistical mechanics.

Physical Description:

xii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, [2002]

Summary:

Presenting the result of lectures given by the author (physics, Johannes Kepler U., Linz, Austria) to second-year undergraduate students, the volume includes 15 chapters addressing topics including one-dimensional motion of a particle, motion in a central force field, the gravitational interaction of two bodies, changing the frame of reference, Lagrangian mechanics, the rigid body, small oscillations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, and other topics. Appendices address coordinate systems and some vector analysis, rotations and tensors, and Green's functions. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The foundations of mechanics

One-dimensional motion of a particle

Encountering peculiar motion in two dimensions

Motion in a central force field

The gravitational interaction of two bodies

Collisions of particles. Scattering

Changing the frame of reference

Lagrangian mechanics

Conservation laws and symmetries in many particle systems

The rigid body

Small oscillations

Hamilton's canonical formulation of mechanics

Hamilton-Jacobi theory

From integrable to non-integrable systems

Coordinate systems and some vector analysis

Rotations and tensors

Green's functions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-436) and index.

"The first German edition of this book appeared in 1993, published by the Universitätsverlag R. Trauner, Linz, Austria"--P. vi.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9812382135

OCLC:

51887574