Analytical mechanics /
Louis N. Hand and Janet D. Finch.
- Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- xv, 575 p. ill. ; 26 cm.
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.