Classical dynamics of particles and systems/
Stephen T. Thornton
- Belmont: Brooks/Cole, 2009.
- 573 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Matrices, vectors, and vector calculus -- Newtonian mechanics-single particle -- Oscillations -- Nonlinear oscillations and chaos -- Gravitation -- Some methods in the calculus of variations -- Hamilton's principle-Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics -- Central-force motion -- Dynamics of a system of particles -- Motion in a nonintertial reference frame -- Dynamics of rigid bodies -- Coupled oscillations -- Continuous systems ; waves -- Special theory of relativity.