Analytical mechanics for relativity and quantum mechanics / Oliver Davis Johns.
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TextSeries: Oxford graduate texts: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2011Edition: Second editionDescription: xxii, 629 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198766803; 0198766807Subject(s): Mechanics, Analytic | Quantum theory | Relativistic mechanics | Mechanics, Analytic | Quantum theoryDDC classification: 531.01515 LOC classification: QA808.5 | .J64 2016| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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