EAN: 9781860944352

CLASSICAL MECHANICS - TOM W B KIBBLE FRANK H BE...

This is the fifth edition of a well-established textbook. It is intended to provide a thorough
coverage of the fundamental principles and techniques of classical mechanics  an old subject
that is at the base of all of physics  but in which there has also in recent years been rapid
development. The book is aimed at undergraduate students of physics and applied mathematics. It
emphasizes the basic principles  and aims to progress rapidly to the point of being able to
handle physically and mathematically interesting problems  without getting bogged down in
excessive formalism. Lagrangian methods are introduced at a relatively early stage  to get
students to appreciate their use in simple contexts. Later chapters use Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian methods extensively  but in a way that aims to be accessible to undergraduates 
while including modern developments at the appropriate level of detail. The subject has been
developed considerably recently while retaining a truly central role for all students of
physics and applied mathematics. This edition retains all the main features of the fourth
edition  including the two chapters on geometry of dynamical systems and on order and chaos 
and the new appendices on conics and on dynamical systems near a critical point. The material
has been somewhat expanded  in particular to contrast continuous and discrete behaviours. A
further appendix has been added on routes to chaos (period-doubling) and related discrete maps.
The new edition has also been revised to give more emphasis to specific examples worked out in
detail.

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