Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems 5/e

• Written for maximum flexibility, this best-selling junior level mechanics text is easily adaptable to any length--one- or two-semester--or focus of course.
• LAGRANGIAN and HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS are introduced early in the text.
• This text has an entire chapter on NONLINEAR METHODS.
• NUMERICAL METHODS PROBLEMS are included for students to solve using a computer.

1. Matrices, Vectors, and Vector Calculus.
2. Newtonian Mechanics--Single Particle.
3. Oscillations.
4. Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos.
5. Gravitation.
6. Some Methods in the Calculus of Variations.
7. Hamilton''s Principle--Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics.
8. Central-Force Motion.
9. Dynamics of a System of Particles.
10. Motion in a Noninertial Reference Frame.
11. Dynamics of Rigid Bodies.
12. Coupled Oscillations.
13. Continuous Systems: Waves.
14. Special Theory of Relativity.
Appendices.
Selected References.
Bibliography.