Lectures on analytical mechanics / G.L. Kotkin, V.G. Serbo, A.I. Chernykh ; translation from the third enlarged Russian edition by O.V. Karpushina and V.G. Serbo.

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Main Authors: Kotkin, G. L. (Gleb Leonidovich) (Author), Serbo, V. G. (Valeriĭ Georgievich) (Author, Translator), Chernykh, A. I. (Author)
Other Authors: Karpushina, O. V. (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Russian
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
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Uniform Title:Lekts͡ii po analitichesko ̆mekhanike.
Table of Contents:
  • 6 Isotropic oscillator
  • 7 The two-body problem
  • 8 Scattering cross section. Rutherford's formula
  • 8.1 Setup of the scattering problem
  • 8.2 Small angle scattering
  • 8.3 Rutherford's formula
  • Problems
  • 9 Virial theorem
  • Problem
  • II Lagrangian mechanics
  • 10 Lagrangian equations
  • 10.1 Lagrangian equations for the non-relativistic particles in a potential field as a covariant notation of Newton's equations
  • 10.2 Generalized coordinates and momenta
  • Problem
  • 11 Principle of a least action
  • 11.1 Hamiltonian principle. Covariance of the Lagrangian equations with respect to replacement of coordinates
  • 11.2 Transformation of the Lagrangian function under transformation of coordinates and time
  • 12 Lagrangian function for a particle in an electromagnetic field. Ambiguity in the choice of the Lagrangian function
  • 13 Classic Zeeman effect
  • 13.1 Charged particle in the Coulomb and magnetic fields
  • 13.2 Strong magnetic field. Drift
  • 14 Lagrangian function in the relativistic case
  • 15 The Lagrangian function for systems with ideal holonomic constraints
  • Problems
  • 16 Cyclic coordinates. Energy in the Lagrangian approach
  • 16.1 Cyclic coordinates
  • 16.2 Energy in the Lagrangian approach
  • 16.3 Is the energy in the Lagrangian approach equal to the sum of kinetic and potential energies?
  • 16.4 Ambiguity in the definition of energy
  • 17 Symmetry and integrals of motion. Noether's theorem
  • 17.1 Examples
  • 17.2 Generalization
  • 17.3 Noether's theorem
  • Problems
  • 18 Fundamental conservation laws for a closed system of particles
  • 19 Galilean transforms
  • 20 Non-inertial frames of reference
  • 20.1 Translational reference frame
  • 20.2 Rotating reference frame
  • 20.3 Larmor's theorem
  • 21 Deviation of a freely falling body from the vertical
  • 22 Effective Lagrangian function for electromechanical systems
  • III Oscillations
  • 23 Linear oscillations
  • 23.1 One degree of freedom
  • 23.2 Oscillations of systems with many degrees of freedom
  • 23.3 Flat double pendulum
  • 24 Orthogonality of normal oscillations. The case of frequency degeneracy
  • 24.1 Orthogonality of normal oscillations
  • 24.2 The case of frequency degeneracy. Normal coordinates
  • 24.3 Oscillations of weakly coupled systems. Beats
  • Problems