Mechanics
Volume 1

L D Landau (Author), E.M. Lifshitz (Author)

9780750628969

Paperback, published 29 January 1982

200 pages
24.4 x 17.1 x 1.4 cm, 0.449 kg

"The Landau and Lifshitz series is almost uniformly excellent... the level is appropriate in advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students" --Philip B Burt, Clemson University, USA

"An outstanding book for advanced students" --John H Lienhard, MIT University, USA

Devoted to the foundation of mechanics, namely classical Newtonian mechanics, the subject is based mainly on Galileo's principle of relativity and Hamilton's principle of least action. The exposition is simple and leads to the most complete direct means of solving problems in mechanics.The final sections on adiabatic invariants have been revised and augmented. In addition a short biography of L D Landau has been inserted.

The equations of motion
Conservation laws
Integration of equations of motions
Collisions between particles
Small oscillations
Motion of a rigid body
Canonical equations.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of solids [TGMD], Classical mechanics [PHD]