Classical Mechanics 3rd Edition

Table of Content

1. Survey of the Elementary Principles
2. Variational Principles and Lagrange’s Equations
3. The Central Force Problem
4. The Kinematics of Rigid Body Motion
5. The Rigid Body Equations of Motion
6. Oscillations
7. The Classical Mechanics of the Special Theory of Relativity
8. The Hamilton Equations of Motion
9. Canonical Transformations
10. Hamilton–Jacobi Theory and Action-Angle Variables
11. Classical Chaos
12. Canonical Perturbation Theory
13. Introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formulations for Continuous Systems and Fields

Appendix A Euler Angles in Alternate Conventions and Cayley–Klein Parameters
Appendix B Groups and Algebras
Appendix C Solutions to Select Exercises
Selected Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

Salient Features

• The classical approach of this leading text book has been revised and updated
• A section on the Euler and Lagrange exact solutions to the three-body problem
• A section on the damped driven oscillator as an example of the workings of the Josephson junction
• Chapter on canonical perturbation theory has been streamlined and the mathematics has been simplified
• Approximately 45 new problems, mostly in Chapters 1–8 and 11.
• Problems sets are now divided into “Derivations” and “Exercises”
• Solutions for 19 select problems have been provided in Appendix C