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A Student's Guide to Analytical Mechanics

John L Bohn author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Aug '18

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An accessible guide to analytical mechanics, using intuitive examples to illustrate the underlying mathematics, helping students formulate, solve and interpret problems in mechanics.

An accessible guide to analytical mechanics, clearly explaining the mathematical theory to help students formulate, solve and interpret problems in mechanics. Each chapter includes easily-visualised examples to provide context and reinforcement of important theory, and concludes with a set of exercises to test understanding.Analytical mechanics is a set of mathematical tools used to describe a wide range of physical systems, both in classical mechanics and beyond. It offers a powerful and elegant alternative to Newtonian mechanics; however it can be challenging to learn due to its high degree of mathematical complexity. Designed to offer a more intuitive guide to this abstract topic, this guide explains the mathematical theory underlying analytical mechanics; helping students to formulate, solve and interpret complex problems using these analytical tools. Each chapter begins with an example of a physical system to illustrate the theoretical steps to be developed in that chapter, and ends with a set of exercises to further develop students' understanding. The book presents the fundamentals of the subject in depth before extending the theory to more elaborate systems, and includes a further reading section to ensure that this is an accessible companion to all standard textbooks.

'Bohn has written an excellent supplement for understanding analytical mechanics … A further reading section at the back provides useful directions for more study. Overall this will serve as an excellent supplement to a regular mechanics textbook.' S. Tripathi, Choice

ISBN: 9781316509074

Dimensions: 227mm x 152mm x 11mm

Weight: 370g

214 pages