Classical Mechanics

Survey of the Elementary Principles
Variational Principles and Lagrange’s Equations
The Central Force Problem
The Kinematics of Rigid Body Motion
The Rigid Body Equations of Motion
Oscillations
The Classical Mechanics of the Special Theory of Relativity
The Hamilton Equations of Motion
Canonical Transformations
Hamilton–Jacobi Theory and Action-Angle Variables
Classical Chaos
Canonical Perturbation Theory
Introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formulations for Continuous Systems and Fields

Appendix A Euler Angles in Alternate Conventions and Cayley–Klein Parameters
Appendix B Groups and Algebras
Appendix C Solutions to Select Exercises
Selected Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
Salient Features
The classical approach of this leading text book has been revised and updated
A section on the Euler and Lagrange exact solutions to the three-body problem
A section on the damped driven oscillator as an example of the workings of the Josephson junction
Chapter on canonical perturbation theory has been streamlined and the mathematics has been simplified
Approximately 45 new problems, mostly in Chapters 1–8 and 11.
Problems sets are now divided into “Derivations” and “Exercises”
Solutions for 19 select problems have been provided in Appendix C