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

De Lange, Owen; Pierrus, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199582521 ISBN 13: 9780199582525

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This book consists of questions, solutions and comments on topics in undergraduate and graduate courses in classical mechanics. Both analytical and numerical (computer) techniques are used to obtain and analyze solutions. Computer calculations use Mathematica, with code provided in the text, including that for interactive, time-dependent studies.

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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.

John Pierrus is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has published research in the fields of chemical kinetics, solid state physics, molecular physics, gas dynamics and educational physics. His teaching interests include electromagnetic theory and classical mechanics at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199582521
• ISBN 13: 9780199582525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608