Newtonian mechanics vectors, momentum, energy rotational motion oscillator and relativity mechanics relativistic kinematics
Genre
Textbooks/Оқулықтар/Учебная литература
Summary
A classic textbook on the principles of Newtonian mechanics for undergraduate students, accompanied by numerous worked examples and problems
Contents
List of examples -- Vectors and kinematics: a few mathematical preliminaries -- Newton's laws: the foundations of Newtonian mechanics -- Momentum -- Work and energy -- Some mathematical aspects of force and energy -- Angular momentum and fixed axis rotation -- Rigid body motion and the conservation of angular momentum -- Noninertial systems and fictitious forces -- Central force motion -- The harmonic oscillator -- The special theory of relativity -- Relativistic kinematics -- Relativistic momentum and energy -- Four-vectors and relativistic invariance