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Variational principles in physics
- Title
- Variational principles in physics / Jean-Louis Basdevant.
- Author
- Basdevant, J. L. (Jean-Louis)
- Publication
- New York, NY : Springer, [2007], ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QC174.17.V35 B37 2007g | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 183 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "The heart of this book is devoted to the analytical mechanics of Lagrange and Hamilton, the basic tools of any physicist. Professor Basdevant also offers simple but rich first impressions of Einstein's General Relativity, Feynman's Quantum Mechanics, and more revealing and amazing interconnections between various fields of physics."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-180) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Variational principles -- 3. The analytical mechanics of Lagrange -- 4. Hamilton's canonical formalism -- 5. Lagrangian field theory -- 6. Motion in a curved space -- 7. Feynman's principle in quantum mechanics.
- ISBN
- 0387377476
- 9780387377476
- LCCN
- 2006931784
- OCLC
- ocm80185801
- 80185801
- SCSB-5317375
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries