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Introduction to mechanics and symmetry : a basic exposition of classical mechanical systems
- Title
- Introduction to mechanics and symmetry : a basic exposition of classical mechanical systems / Jerrold E. Marsden, Tudor S. Ratiu.
- Author
- Marsden, Jerrold E.
- Publication
- New York : Springer-Verlag, [1994], ©1994.
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- Additional Authors
- Rațiu, Tudor S.
- Description
- xiv, 500 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Texts in applied mathematics ; 17
- Uniform Title
- Texts in applied mathematics ; 17.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-492] and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Hamilton Systems on Linear Symplectic Spaces -- 3. An Introduction to Infinite-Dimensional Systems -- 4. Interlude: Manifolds, Vector Fields, Differential Forms -- 5. Hamiltonian Systems on Symplectic Manifolds -- 6. Cotangent Bundles -- 7. Lagrangian Mechanics -- 8. Variational Principles, Constraints, Rotating Systems -- 9. An Introduction to Lie Groups -- 10. Poisson Manifolds -- 11. Momentum Maps -- 12. Computation and Properties of Momentum Maps -- 13. Euler-Poincare and Lie-Poisson Reduction -- 14. Coadjoint Orbits -- 15. The Free Rigid Body.
- ISBN
- 0387972757 (New York)
- 3540972757 (Berlin)
- LCCN
- 94010793
- OCLC
- ocm30073716
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries