Methods of differential geometry in analytical mechanics:
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Main Author: León, Manuel de (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam North-Holland 1989
Series:North-Holland mathematics studies 158
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:The differential geometric formulation of analytical mechanics not only offers a new insight into Mechanics, but also provides a more rigorous formulation of its physical content from a mathematical viewpoint. Topics covered in this volume include differential forms, the differential geometry of tangent and cotangent bundles, almost tangent geometry, symplectic and pre-symplectic Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, tensors and connections on manifolds, and geometrical aspects of variational and constraint theories. The book may be considered as a self-contained text and only presupposes that readers are acquainted with linear and multilinear algebra as well as advanced calculus
Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-469) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 483 p.)
ISBN:9780444880178
0444880178

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