Table of Contents

1. Review of Newtonian Particle Mechanics.; 2. Curvilinear Coordinates.; 3. Principle of Least Work.; 4. Lagrangian Dynamics.; 5. Central Force Motion.; 6. Rotational Kinematics.; 7. Rigid Body Motion.; 8. Small Oscillations.; 9. Hamiltonian Dynamics.; 10. Canonical Transformations.; 11. Hamilton-Jacoby Theory.; 12. Special Relativity. Appendix: Elliptical Integrals.

About the Author

J. Michael Finn (Ph.D.) is a professor of physics at William & Mary College. He is the co-author of numerous peer-reviewed papers in nuclear and particle physics journals, primarily in Physical Review Letters, Physical Review C and D, Nuclear Physics, and Nuclear Instruments and Methods.