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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 (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 first volume established the general kinematic and kinetic foundations of the theory. Volume II discusses the motion of the symmetric top with a fixed support point, under the influence of gravity, in all its details. 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 a thorough and insightful account.
Other works in this series include Volume I. Introduction to the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Top, Volume III. Perturbations. Astronomical and Geophysical Applications, and Volume IV. Technical Applications of the Theory of the Top.
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 II
Book Subtitle: Development of the Theory in the Case of the Heavy Symmetric Top
Authors: Felix Klein, Arnold Sommerfeld
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4827-5
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-4824-4Published: 22 July 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8176-4827-5Published: 25 June 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 414
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Classical Mechanics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Applications of Mathematics