Solved Problems in Classical Mechanics: Analytical and Numerical Solutions with Comments - Softcover

De Lange, Owen; Pierrus, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199582513 ISBN 13: 9780199582518

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Apart from an introductory chapter giving a brief summary of Newtonian and Lagrangian mechanics, this book consists entirely of questions and solutions on topics in classical mechanics that will be encountered in undergraduate and graduate courses. These include one-, two-, and three- dimensional motion; linear and nonlinear oscillations; energy, potentials, momentum, and angular momentum; spherically symmetric potentials; multi-particle systems; rigid bodies; translation and rotation of the reference frame; the...

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About the Author

Owen de Lange is a Professor of Physics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His research interests include: electromagnetic theory, molecular physics, dislocation interactions, superconductivity and educational physics. He is co-author of two monographs: Operator methods in quantum mechanics, and Multipole theory in electromagnetism. The former book was awarded the University of Natal book prize (1994) and the Bill Venter/Altron award (1995) for research published in book form.

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Review

"The authors make significant contributions to classical mechanics by considering more complex and hence more realistic problems, many of which are only tractable on the computer ... The book is enormously pedagogical and useful. It is a very good resource for teaching standard theoretical and computational classical mechanics. The range of topics within the book is impressive." -- South African Journal of Science

"de Lange and Pierrus have produced...

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Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199582513
• ISBN 13: 9780199582518
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608