ABSTRACT

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for postgraduates, researchers of applied mathematics, theoretical physics and students of engineering who need a good understanding of classical mechanics. In this book emphasis has been placed on the logical ordering of topics and appropriate formulation of the key mathematical equations with a view to imparting a clear idea of the basic tools of the subject and improving the problem solving skills of the students. The book provides a largely self-contained exposition to the topics with new ideas as a smooth continuation of the preceding ones. It is expected to give a systematic and comprehensive coverage of the methods of classical mechanics.

chapter 1|34 pages

Conceptual basis of classical mechanics

chapter 2|17 pages

Central force problems

chapter 3|37 pages

Lagrangian formulation in mechanics

chapter 4|25 pages

Hamiltonian and Poisson bracket

chapter 5|44 pages

Dynamical systems: An overview

chapter 6|23 pages

Action principles

chapter 7|14 pages

Motion in noninertial coordinate systems

chapter 8|13 pages

Symmetries and conserved quantities