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- Provides insights into kinematic theory
- Discusses practical uses of applied theoretical mechanics
- Incorporates both historical matter and recent advances
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (2 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The Theory of the Top: Volume III. Perturbations: Astronomical and Geophysical Applications is the third installment in a series of four self-contained English translations of the classic and definitive treatment of rigid body motion.
Key features:
* Complete and unabridged presentation with recent advances and additional notes;
* Annotations by the translators provide insights into the nature of science and mathematics in the late 19th century;
* Each volume interweaves theory and applications
The Theory of the Top was originally presented by Felix Klein as an 1895 lecture at Göttingen University that was broadened in scope and clarified as a result of collaboration with Arnold Sommerfeld. Graduate students and researchers interested in theoretical and applied mechanics will find this series of books a thorough and insightful account. Other volumes in the series include the Introduction to the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Top, Development of a Theory of the Heavy Symmetric Top, and Technical Applications of the Theory of the Top.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This third volume is devoted to the investigation of the motion of a symmetric top and is unique in that it complements the results of the previous volumes, which were of a theoretical nature, by results that are of great interest in the investigation of applied aspects of the motion of symmetric bodies. … is of great value to specialists in analytical mechanics.” (Gennady Victorovich Gorr, Mathematical Reviews, March, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
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Mathematisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Felix Klein
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Fak. Mathematik, Universität München, München, Germany
Arnold Sommerfeld
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Theory of the Top Volume III
Book Subtitle: Perturbations. Astronomical and Geophysical Applications
Authors: Felix Klein, Arnold Sommerfeld
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4828-2
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-4825-1Published: 30 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8176-4828-2Published: 30 May 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 310
Number of Illustrations: 64 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Classical Mechanics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Applications of Mathematics