TY - BOOK AU - Thornton, Stephen T. TI - Classical dynamics of particles and systems SN - 9780534408961 U1 - 531.11 PY - 2009/// CY - Belmont PB - Brooks/Cole KW - Dynamics N1 - 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 ER -