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- Presents a new updated and revised edition of a successful textbook
- Enables the reader to develop general principles from which equations of motions may be derived
- Highlights the importance of the concept of symmetries as a basis for quantum mechanics
- Presents over 150 problems with complete solutions
Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Physics (GTP)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Symmetries and invariance principles, the basic geometric aspects of mechanics as well as elements of continuum mechanics also play an important role. The book will enable the reader to develop general principles from which equations of motion follow, to understand the importance of canonical mechanics and of symmetries as a basis for quantum mechanics, and to get practice in using general theoretical concepts and tools that are essential for all branches of physics.
Thebook contains more than 150 problems with complete solutions, as well as some practical examples which make moderate use of personal computers. This will be appreciated in particular by students using this textbook to accompany lectures on mechanics. The book ends with some historical notes on scientists who made important contributions to the development of mechanics.
Authors and Affiliations
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Theoretische Elementarteilchenphysik, Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Florian Scheck
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mechanics
Book Subtitle: From Newton's Laws to Deterministic Chaos
Authors: Florian Scheck
Series Title: Graduate Texts in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55490-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-55488-3Published: 31 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-55490-6Published: 19 January 2018
Series ISSN: 1868-4513
Series E-ISSN: 1868-4521
Edition Number: 6
Number of Pages: XVII, 591
Number of Illustrations: 175 b/w illustrations
Topics: Classical Mechanics, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Applications of Mathematics, Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory