TY - BOOK AU - Johns,Oliver Davis TI - Analytical mechanics for relativity and quantum mechanics T2 - Oxford graduate texts SN - 9780198766803 AV - QA808.5 .J64 2016 U1 - 531.01515 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Mechanics, Analytic KW - Quantum theory KW - Relativistic mechanics KW - fast N1 - Previous edition: 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Basic dynamics of point particles and collections -- Introduction to Lagrangian mechanics -- Lagrangian theory of constraints -- Introduction to Hamiltonian mechanics -- The calculus of variations -- Hamilton's principle -- Linear operators and dyadics -- Kinematics of rotation -- Rotational dynamics -- Small vibrations about equilibrium -- Central Force Motion -- Scattering -- Lagrangian mechanics with time as a coordinate -- Hamiltonian mechanics with time as a coordinate -- Hamilton's principle and Noether's theorem -- Relativity and spacetime -- Fourvectors and operators -- Relativistic mechanics -- Canonical transformations -- Generating functions -- Hamilton-Jacobi theory -- Angle-Action Variables -- Vector fundamentals -- Matrices and determinants -- Eigenvalue problem with general metric -- The calculus of many variables -- Geometry of phase space ER -