A student's guide to Lagrangians and Hamiltonians /
A concise but rigorous treatment of variational techniques, focussing primarily on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems, this book is ideal for physics, engineering and mathematics students. The book begins by applying Lagrange's equations to a number of mechanical systems. It introduces the conc...
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Fundamental concepts
- The calculus of variations
- Langrangian dynamics
- Hamilton's equations
- Canonical transformations; poisson brackets
- Hamilton-Jacobi theory
- Continuous systems.