Classical mechanics and relativity
By: Harald J. W. Müller-Kirsten.
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hackensack, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
ISBN-13: 9789812832511
Subjects: Relativistic mechanics; Lagrange equations; Hamiltonian operator; Einstein field equations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Recapitulation of Newtonian mechanics; title: The Lagrange formalism; title: The canonical or Hamilton formalism; title: Symmetries and transformations; title: Looking beyond classical mechanics; title: Two-body central forces; title: Rigid body dynamics; title: Small oscillations and stability; title: Motivation of the theory of relativity; title: A simple look at phenomenological consequences; title: Aspects of special relativity; title: Equation of motion of a particle in a gravitational field; title: Tensor calculus for Riemann spaces; title: Einstein's equation of the gravitational field; title: The Schwarzschild solution.