Classical mechanics
/ Tai L. Chow
- 2nd ed.
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2013
- 610 p.
1. Kinematics: describing the motion 2. Newtonian mechanics 3. Integration of Newton’s equation of motion 4. Lagrangian formulation of mechanics: descriptions of motion in configuration space 5. Hamiltonian formulation of mechanics: descriptions of motion in phase 6. Motion under a central force 7. Harmonic oscillator 8. Coupled oscillations and normal coordinates 9. Nonlinear oscillations 10. Collisions and scatterings 11. Motion in non-inertial systems