Harald Iro, retired from Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Second edition.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New Jersey :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
World Scientific,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2016]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 515 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The foundations of mechanics -- One-dimensional motion of a particle -- Encountering peculiar motion in two dimensions -- Motion in a central force field -- The gravitational interaction of two bodies -- Collisions of particles. Scattering -- Changing the frame of reference -- Lagrangian mechanics -- Conservation laws and symmetries in many particle systems -- The rigid body -- Small oscillations -- Hamilton's canonical formulation of mechanics -- Hamilton-Jacobi theory -- From integrable to non-integrable systems.