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GEOMETRIC MECHANICS AND SYMMETRY
FROM FINITE TO INFINITE DIMENSIONS |
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Darryl D. Holm, Tanya Schmah, Cristina Stoica |
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Hardback |
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£130.00 |
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0199212902 |
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9780199212903 |
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
30 July, 2009 |
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Oxford Texts in Applied and Engineering Mathematics 12 |
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536 |
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A graduate level text based partly on lectures in geometry, mechanics, and symmetry given at Imperial College London, this book links traditional classical mechanics texts and advanced modern mathematical treatments of the subject. |
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Classical mechanics, one of the oldest branches of science, has undergone a long evolution, developing hand in hand with many areas of mathematics, including calculus, differential geometry, and the theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras. The modern formulations of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, in the coordinate-free language of differential geometry, are elegant and general. They provide a unifying framework for many seemingly disparate physical systems, such as n-particle systems, rigid bodies, fluids and other continua, and electromagnetic and quantum systems. Geometric Mechanics and Symmetry is a friendly and fast-paced introduction to the geometric approach to classical mechanics, suitable for a one- or two- semester course for beginning graduate students or advanced undergraduates. It fills a gap between traditional classical mechanics texts and advanced modern mathematical treatments of the subject. After a summary of the necessary elements of calculus on smooth manifolds and |
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32 line illustrations and 4 halftones |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
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