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LEADER: 01452nam a22002778a 4500
001 2008029186
003 DLC
005 20080701150822.0
008 080630s2008 nju b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008029186
020 $a9789812832511 (hardcover and softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9812832513 (hardcover and softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aQA808.5$b.M85 2008
082 00 $a530.12$222
100 1 $aMüller-Kirsten, H. J. W.
245 10 $aClassical mechanics and relativity /$cHarald J. W. Müller-Kirsten.
260 $aHackensack, N.J. :$bWorld Scientific,$c2008.
263 $a0808
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Recapitulation of Newtonian mechanics -- The Lagrange formalism -- The canonical or Hamilton formalism -- Symmetries and transformations -- Looking beyond classical mechanics -- Two-body central forces -- Rigid body dynamics -- Small oscillations and stability -- Motivation of the theory of relativity -- A simple look at phenomenological consequences -- Aspects of special relativity -- Equation of motion of a particle in a gravitational field -- Tensor calculus for Riemann spaces -- Einstein's equation of the gravitational field -- The Schwarzschild solution.
650 0 $aRelativistic mechanics.
650 0 $aLagrange equations.
650 0 $aHamiltonian operator.
650 0 $aEinstein field equations.