Analytical mechanics for relativity and quantum mechanics / Oliver Davis Johns.
By: Johns, Oliver Davis.
Series: Oxford graduate texts: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2016Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xxii, 629 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780198766803.Subject(s): Mechanics, Analytic | Quantum theoryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 619-621) and index.
Basic dynamics of point particles and collections -- Introduction to Lagrangian mechanics -- Lagrangian theory of constraints -- Introduction to Hamiltonian mechanics -- The calculus of variations -- Hamilton's principle -- Linear operators and dyadics -- Kinematics of rotation -- Rotational dynamics -- Small vibrations about equilibrium -- Central force motion -- Scattering -- Lagrangian mechanics with time as a coordinate -- Hamiltonian mechanics with time as a coordinate -- Hamilton's principle and Noether's theorem -- Relativity and spacetime -- Fourvectors and operators -- Relativistic mechanics -- Canonical transformations -- Generating functions -- Hamilton-Jacobi theory -- Angle-action variables -- Appendices.