

’s Classical is a major new textbook for undergraduates in mathematics and . It is a thorough, self-contained and highly readable account of a subject many students find difficult. The author’s clear and systematic style promotes a good understanding of the subject; each concept is motivated and illustrated by worked examples, while problem sets provide plenty of practice for understanding and technique.

assisted , some suitable for projects, are also included. The is structured to make learning the subject easy; there is a natural progression from core topics to more advanced ones and hard topics are treated with particular care. A theme of the is the importance of conservation principles.


Part I. Newtonian Mechanics of a Single Particle:
1. The and calculus of vectors
2. Velocity, acceleration and scalar angular velocity
3. Newton’s laws of motion and the law of gravitation
4. Problems in particle dynamics
5. Linear oscillations
6. Energy conservation
7. Orbits in a central field
8. Non-linear oscillations and phase space

Part II. Multi-particle Systems:
9. The energy principle
10. The linear momentum principle
11. The angular momentum principle

Part III. Analytical mechanics:
12. Lagrange’s equations and conservation principle
13. The calculus of variations and Hamilton’s principle
14. Hamilton’s equations and phase space

Part IV. Further Topics:
15. The general of small oscillations
16. Vector angular velocity and rigid body kinematics
17. Rotating reference frames
18. Tensor algebra and the inertia tensor
19. Problems in rigid body dynamics

Appendix: centres of mass and moments of inertia
Answers to the problems

Title: Classical Mechanics: An Undergraduate Text
Author: R. Douglas Gregory
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN: 0521534097 | 978-0521534093
Type: Solution Manual
Language: English
Classical Mechanics

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