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Greiner, Walter

Classical mechanics: point particles and relativity/ Walter Greiner - New York: Springer, 2004. - xviii, 488 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Classical theoretical physics) .

I. Vector Calculus --
1. Introduction and Basic Definitions --
2. Scalar Product --
3. Component Representation of a Vector --
4. Vector Product (Axial Vector) --
5. Tripe Scalar Product --
6. Application of Vector Calculus --
7. Differentiation and Integration of Vectors --
8. Moving Trihedral (Accompanying Dreibein) --
the Frenet Formulas --
9. Surfaces in Space --
10. Coordinate Frames --
11. Vector Differential Operations --
12. Determination of Line Integrals --
13. Integral Laws of Gauss and Stokes --
14. Calculation of Surface Integrals --
15. Volume (Space) Integrals --
II. Newtonian Mechanics --
16. Newton's Axioms --
17. Basic Concepts of Mechanics --
18. General Linear Motion --
19. Free Fall --
20. Friction --
21. Harmonic Oscillator --
22. Mathematical Interlude --
Series Expansion, Euler's Formulas --
23. Damped Harmonic Oscillator --
24. Pendulum --
25. Mathematical Interlude: Differential Equations --
26. Planetary Motions --
27. Special Problems in Central Fields --
28. Earth and our Solar System --
III. Theory and Relativity --
29. Relativity and Principle and Michelson-Morley Experiment --
30. Lorentz Transformation --
31. Properties of the Lorentz transformation --
32. Addition Theorem of the Velocities --
33. Basic Quantities of Mechanics in Minkowski Space --
34. Applications of the Special Theory of Relativity.

ISBN: 9780387955865

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mechanics
Relativity

Dewey Class. No.: 531 / GRE/C