Preface |
Introductory concepts / 1: |
The Mechanical System / 1.1: |
Equations of motion |
Units |
Generalized Coordinates / 1.2: |
Degrees of freedom |
Configuration space |
Example |
Constraints / 1.3: |
Holonomic constraints |
Nonholonomic constraints |
Unilateral constraints |
Virtual Work / 1.4: |
Virtual displacement |
Virtual work |
Principle of virtual work |
D'Alembert's principle |
Generalized force |
Examples |
Energy and Momentum / 1.5: |
Potential energy |
Work and kinetic energy |
Conservation of energy |
Equilibrium and stability |
Kinetic energy of a system |
Angular momentum |
Generalized momentum |
Lagrange's Equations / 2: |
Derivation of Lagrange's Equations / 2.1: |
Kinetic energy |
Lagrange's equations |
Form of the equations of motion |
Nonholonomic systems |
Spherical pendulum / 2.2: |
Double pendulum |
Lagrange multipliers and constraint forces |
Particle in whirling tube |
Particle with moving support |
Rheonomic constrained system |
Integrals of the Motion / 2.3: |
Ignorable coordinates |
Example--the Kepler problem |
Routhian function |
Conservative systems |
Natural systems |
Liouville's system |
Small Oscillations / 2.4: |
Natural modes |
Principal coordinates |
Orthogonality |
Repeated roots |
Initial conditions |
Special applications of Lagrange's Equations / 3: |
Rayleigh's Dissipation function / 3.1: |
Impulsive Motion / 3.2: |
Impulse and momentum |
Lagrangian method |
Ordinary constraints |
Impulsive constraints |
Energy considerations |
Quasi-coordinates |
Gyroscopic systems / 3.3: |
Gyroscopic forces |
Small motions |
Gyroscopic stability |
Velocity-Dependent Potentials / 3.4: |
Electromagnetic forces |
Hamilton's Equations / 4: |
Hamilton's Principle / 4.1: |
Stationary values of a function |
Constrained stationary values |
Stationary value of a definite integral |
Example--the brachistochrone problem Example--geodesic path |
Case of n dependent variables |
Hamilton's principle |
Multiplier rule |
Derivation of Hamilton's equations / 4.2: |
The form of the Hamiltonian function |
Legendre transformation |
Other Variational Principles / 4.3: |
Modified Hamilton's principle |
Principle of least action |
Phase Space / 4.4: |
Trajectories |
Extended phase space |
Liouville's theorem |
Hamilton-Jacobi Theory / 5: |
Hamilton's Principal Function / 5.1: |
The canonical integral |
Pfaffian differential forms |
The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation / 5.2: |
Jacobi's theorem |
Conservative systems and ignorable coordinates |
Separability / 5.3: |
Stackel's theorem |
Canonical Transformations / 6: |
Differential Forms and Generating Functions / 6.1: |
Canonical transformations |
Principal forms of generating functions |
Further comments on the Hamilton-Jacobi method |
Special Transformations / 6.2: |
Some simple transformations |
Homogeneous canonical transformations |
Point transformations |
Momentum transformations |
Lagrange and Poisson Brackets / 6.3: |
Lagrange brackets |
Poisson brackets |
The bilinear covariant |
More General Transformations / 6.4: |
Necessary conditions |
Time transformations |
Matrix Foundations / 6.5: |
Hamilton's equations |
Symplectic matrices |
Further Topics / 6.6: |
Infinitesimal canonical transformations |
Integral invariants |
Introduction to Relativity / 7: |
Introduction / 7.1: |
Galilean transformations |
Maxwell's equations |
The Ether theory |
The principle of relativity |
Relativistic Kinematics / 7.2: |
The Lorentz transformation equations |
Events and simultaneity |
Example--Einstein's train |
Time dilation |
Longitudinal contraction |
The invariant interval |
Proper time and proper distance |
The world line |
Example--the twin paradox |
Addition of velocities |
The relativistic Doppler effect |
Relativistic dynamics / 7.3: |
Momentum |
Ener |
Preface |
Introductory concepts / 1: |
The Mechanical System / 1.1: |