TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chow,Tai L.
TI  - Classical mechanics
SN  - 9781466569980
U1  - 531 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Mechanics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Kinematics: describing the motion--
2. Newtonian mechanics--
3. Integration of Newton's equation of motion--
4. Lagrangian formulation of mechanics: descriptions of motion in configuration space--
5. Hamiltonian formulation of mechanics: descriptions of motion in phase spaces--
6. Motion under a central force--
7. Harmonic oscillator--
8. Coupled oscillations and normal coordinates--
9. Nonlinear oscillations--
10. Collisions and scatterings--
11. Motion in non-inertial systems--
12. Motion of rigid bodies--
13. Theory of special relativity--
14. Newtonian gravity and Newtonian cosmology--
15. Hamilton-Jacobi theory of dynamics--
16. Introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations for continuous systems and classical fields--
Appendices--
Index
N2  - The book evolved from a set of lecture notes for a course on the subject taught by the author at California State University, Stanislaus, for many years. It assumes the reader has been exposed to a course in calculus and a calculus-based general physics course. However, no prior knowledge of differential equations is required. Differential equations and new mathematical methods are developed in the text as the occasion demands

ER  -