TY - BOOK AU - Hand,Louis N. AU - Finch,Janet D. TI - Analytical mechanics / SN - 0521573270 (hardback) U1 - 531/.01/515352 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Mechanics, Analytic N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-564) and index; 1. Lagrangian mechanics 2. Variational calculus and its application to mechanics 3. Linear oscillators 4. One dimensional systems: central forces and the Kepler problem 5. Noether's theorem and Hamiltonian dynamics 6. Theoretical mechanics: from canonical transformations to action-angle variables 7. Rotating coordinate systems 8. The dynamics of rigid bodies 9. The theory of small vibrations 10. Approximate solutions to non-analytic problems 11. Chaotic dynamics 12. Special relativity ER -