Elements of Analytical Dynamics

Elements of Analytical Dynamics
ISBN-10
1483151727
ISBN-13
9781483151724
Category
Mathematics
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2014-07-10
Publisher
Elsevier
Author
Rudolph Kurth

Description

Elements of Analytical Dynamics deals with dynamics, which studies the relationship between motion of material bodies and the forces acting on them. This book is a compilation of lectures given by the author at the Georgia and Institute of Technology and formed a part of a course in Topological Dynamics. The book begins by discussing the notions of space and time and their basic properties. It then discusses the Hamilton-Jacobi theory and Hamilton's principle and first integrals. The text concludes with a discussion on Jacobi's geometric interpretation of conservative systems. This book will be of direct use to graduate students of Mathematics with minimal background in Theoretical Mechanics.

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