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by Alexander L. Fetter,John Dirk Walecka
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ISBN: 0486432610 Dover Publications Price: $34.95 |
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This two-part text supplies a lucid, self-contained account of classical mechanics and provides a natural framework for introducing advanced mathematical concepts in physics. Topics include Lagrangian dynamics, Hamiltonian dynamics, fluids and sound and surface waves, more. 165 figures. 2 tables. 1980 edition.
Unabridged republication of the edition published by McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, 1980.
Table of Contents for Theoretical Mechanics of Particles and Continua
| Preface. Significant Names in Mechanics and Mathematical Physics | |||||||
| 1. Basic Principles | |||||||
| 2. Accelerated Coordinate Systems | |||||||
| 3. Lagrangian Dynamics | |||||||
| 4. Small Oscillations | |||||||
| 5. Rigid Bodies | |||||||
| 6. Hamiltonian Dynamics | |||||||
| 7. Strings | |||||||
| 8. Membranes | |||||||
| 9. Sound Waves in Fluids | |||||||
| 10. Surface Waves on Fluids | |||||||
| 11. Heat Conduction | |||||||
| 12. Viscous Fluids | |||||||
| 13. Elastic Continua | |||||||
| Appendixes. Index |