classical mechanics - an undergraduate text_ r.douglas gregory)

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1、CLASSICALMECHANICSGregory’sClassicalMechanicsisamajornewtextbookforundergraduatesinmathe-maticsandphysics.Itisathorough,self-containedandhighlyreadableaccountofasubjectmanystudentsfinddifficult.Theauthor’sclearandsystematicstylepromotesagoodunderstandingofthesubject:eachconceptismotivatedandillu

2、stratedbyworkedexamples,whileproblemsetsprovideplentyofpracticeforunderstandingandtechnique.Computerassistedproblems,somesuitableforprojects,arealsoincluded.Thebookisstructuredtomakelearningthesubjecteasy;thereisanaturalprogressionfromcoretopicstomoreadvancedonesandhardtopicsaretreatedwithpart

3、icularcare.Athemeofthebookistheimportanceofconservationprinciples.Theseappearfirstinvectorialmechanicswheretheyareprovedandappliedtoproblemsolving.Theyreappearinana-lyticalmechanics,wheretheyareshowntoberelatedtosymmetriesoftheLagrangian,culminatinginNoether’stheorem.•Suitableforawiderangeofund

4、ergraduatemechanicscoursesgiveninmathematicsandphysicsdepartments:nopriorknowledgeofthesubjectisassumed•Profuselyillustratedandthoroughlyclass-tested,withacleardirectstylethatmakesthesubjecteasytounderstand:allconceptsaremotivatedandillustratedbythemanyworkedexamplesincluded•Good,accurately-se

5、tproblems,withanswersinthebook:computerassistedproblemsandprojectsarealsoprovided.Modelsolutionsforproblemsavailabletoteachersfromwww.cambridge.org/GregoryTheauthorDouglasGregoryisProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofManchester.Heisaresearcherofinternationalstandinginthefieldofelasticity,andh

6、asheldvisitingposi-tionsatNewYorkUniversity,theUniversityofBritishColumbia,andtheUniversityofWashington.Heishighlyregardedasateacherofappliedmathematics:this,hisfirstbook,istheproductofmanyyearsofteachingexperience.Bloodyinstructions,which,beingtaught,Returntoplagueth’inventor.SHAKESPEARE,Macbe

7、th,actI,sc.7FrontCoverThephotographonthefrontcovershowsMimas,oneofthemanymoonsofSaturn;thehugecraterwasformedbyanimpact.Mimastakes22hours37minutestoorbitSat-urn,theradiusofitsorbitbeing185,500kilometers.AfterreadingChapter7,youwillbeabl