Analytical Mechanics by Fowles and Cassiday

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• Author: Grant Fowles and George Cassiday
• Title: Analytical Mechanics
• Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0534494927/?tag=pfamazon01-20
• Prerequisities: Calculus-based intro physics and a year of calculus; differential equations and matrix algebra highly recommended before or concurrently with this course

Contents (from 5th edition)

• Fundamental concepts. Vectors
• Newtonian Mechanics. Rectilinear motion of a particle
• Oscillations
• General motion of a particle in three dimensions
• Noninertial reference systems
• Gravitational and central forces
• Dynamics of systems of particles
• Mechanics of rigid bodies. Planar motion
• Motion of rigid bodies in three dimensions
• Lagrangian mechanics
• Dynamics of oscillating systems

 

[TonyG]

Special theory of relativity
Hamiltonian mechanics


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Thank you for your contribution to the field of mechanics.