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Classical mechanics and relativity /

by Müller-Kirsten, H. J. W.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008Description: xii, 562 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9789812832511 (hardcover and : alk. paper).Subject(s): Relativistic mechanics | Lagrange equations | Hamiltonian operator | Einstein field equations | Schwarzschild black holesOnline resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Introduction -- Recapitulation of Newtonian mechanics -- The Lagrange formalism -- The canonical or Hamilton formalism -- Symmetries and transformations -- Looking beyond classical mechanics -- Two-body central forces -- Rigid body dynamics -- Small oscillations and stability -- Motivation of the theory of relativity -- A simple look at phenomenological consequences -- Aspects of special relativity -- Equation of motion of a particle in a gravitational field -- Tensor calculus for Riemann spaces -- Einstein's equation of the gravitational field -- The Schwarzschild solution.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-552) and index.

Introduction -- Recapitulation of Newtonian mechanics -- The Lagrange formalism -- The canonical or Hamilton formalism -- Symmetries and transformations -- Looking beyond classical mechanics -- Two-body central forces -- Rigid body dynamics -- Small oscillations and stability -- Motivation of the theory of relativity -- A simple look at phenomenological consequences -- Aspects of special relativity -- Equation of motion of a particle in a gravitational field -- Tensor calculus for Riemann spaces -- Einstein's equation of the gravitational field -- The Schwarzschild solution.

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