A student's guide to analytical mechanics / John L. Bohn (University of Colorado Boulder).

By:

Bohn, John L, 1965-

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781316509074
1316509079

Other title:

Analytical mechanics

Subject(s):

Mechanics, Analytic -- Textbooks

LOC classification:

QA807 .B646 2018

Contents:

Part I. Overview. Why analytical mechanics? ; Ways of looking at a pendulum -- Part II. Equations of motion. Constraints and d'Alembert's principle ; Lagrangian mechanics ; Samples from Lagrangian mechanics ; Hamiltonian mechanics -- Part III. Methods of solution. Hamilton -- Jacobi theory ; Action-angle variables ; More applications of analytical mechanics.

Summary: "Analytical mechanics is a set of mathematical tools used to describe a wide range of physical systems, both in classical mechanics and beyond. It offers a powerful and elegant alternative to Newtonian mechanics; however it can be challenging to learn due to its high degree of mathematical complexity. Designed to offer a more intuitive guide to this abstract topic, this guide explains the mathematical theory underlying analytical mechanics; helping students to formulate, solve and interpret complex problems using these analytical tools. Each chapter begins with an example of a physical system to illustrate the theoretical steps to be developed in that chapter, and ends with a set of exercises to further develop students' understanding. The book presents the fundamentals of the subject in depth before extending the theory to more elaborate systems, and includes a further reading section to ensure that this is an accessible companion to all standard textbooks."--Publisher's description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202) and index.

"Analytical mechanics is a set of mathematical tools used to describe a wide range of physical systems, both in classical mechanics and beyond. It offers a powerful and elegant alternative to Newtonian mechanics; however it can be challenging to learn due to its high degree of mathematical complexity. Designed to offer a more intuitive guide to this abstract topic, this guide explains the mathematical theory underlying analytical mechanics; helping students to formulate, solve and interpret complex problems using these analytical tools. Each chapter begins with an example of a physical system to illustrate the theoretical steps to be developed in that chapter, and ends with a set of exercises to further develop students' understanding. The book presents the fundamentals of the subject in depth before extending the theory to more elaborate systems, and includes a further reading section to ensure that this is an accessible companion to all standard textbooks."--Publisher's description.