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Classical mechanics and relativity

Title: Classical mechanics and relativity / Harald J.W. Müller-Kirsten.
Author: Müller-Kirsten, H. J. W.
Publication: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008.

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Description

xii, 562 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-552) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Recapitulation of Newtonian mechanics -- The Lagrange formalism -- The canonical or Hamilton formalism -- Symmetries and transformations -- Looking beyond classical mechanics -- Two-body central forces -- Rigid body dynamics -- Small oscillations and stability -- Motivation of the theory of relativity -- A simple look at phenomenological consequences -- Aspects of special relativity -- Equation of motion of a particle in a gravitational field -- Tensor calculus for Riemann spaces -- Einstein's equation of the gravitational field -- The Schwarzschild solution.

ISBN

9789812832511 (hardcover and : alk. paper)
9812832513 (hardcover and : alk. paper)
9789812832528 (softcover: alk. paper)
9812832521 (softcover: alk. paper)

LCCN

2008029186

OCLC

ocn228372484
SCSB-9201176

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library