ADVANCED MECHANICS by S. G. Rajeev ( 9780199670857 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

ADVANCED MECHANICS
FROM EULER'S DETERMINISM TO ARNOLD'S CHAOS

By:

S. G. Rajeev

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0199670854

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9780199670857

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

25 July, 2013

Pages:

184

Description:

This book can be used as a textbook for a graduate course on mechanics or for self-study. There are a variety of problems ranging from exercises that verify parts of the text, moderately difficult calculations, to suggested research projects. Connections to other disciplines of mathematics and physics are emphasized.

Synopsis:

Classical Mechanics is the oldest and best understood part of physics. This does not mean that it is cast in marble yet, a museum piece to be admired from a distance. Instead, mechanics continues to be an active area of research by physicists and mathematicians. Every few years, we need to re-evaluate the purpose of learning mechanics and look at old material in the light of modern developments. Once you have learned basic mechanics (Newton's laws, the solution of the Kepler problem) and quantum mechanics (the Schrodinger equation, hydrogen atom) it is time to go back and relearn classical mechanics in greater depth. It is the intent of this book to take you through the ancient (the original meaning of "classical ") parts of the subject quickly: the ideas started by Euler and ending roughly with Poincare. We then take up the developments of twentieth century physics that have largely to do with chaos and discrete time evolution (the basis of numerical solutions). Along the way you will le

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Oxford University Press

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