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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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Details
- Description
- xii, 562 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- 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
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library