Advanced Classical Mechanics

Bijan Bagchi

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781498748117
• eBook ISBN: 9781351690423
• Topic: Mathematics
• Subtopic: Arithmetic
• Index: Mathematics

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for postgraduates, researchers of applied mathematics, theoretical physics and students of engineering who need a good understanding of classical mechanics. In this book emphasis has been placed on the logical ordering of topics and appropriate formulation of the key mathematical equations with a view to imparting a clear idea of the basic tools of the subject and improving the problem solving skills of the students. The book provides a largely self-contained exposition to the topics with new ideas as a smooth continuation of the preceding ones. It is expected to give a systematic and comprehensive coverage of the methods of classical mechanics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• 1 Conceptual basis of classical mechanics
• 2 Central force problems
• 3 Lagrangian formulation in mechanics
• 4 Hamiltonian and Poisson bracket
• 5 Dynamical systems: An overview
• 6 Action principles
• 7 Motion in noninertial coordinate systems
• 8 Symmetries and conserved quantities
• 9 Hamilton–Jacobi equation and action-angle variables
• References
• Index