This book is the first of a series covering the major topics
that are taught in university courses in Theoretical Physics:
Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Theory and Statistical Physics.
After an introduction to basic concepts of mechanics more advanced
topics build the major part of this book. Interspersed is a
discussion of selected problems of motion. This is followed by a
concise treatment of the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian formulation
of mechanics, as well as a brief excursion on chaotic motion. The
last chapter deals with applications of the Lagrangian formulation
to specific systems (coupled oscillators, rotating coordinate
systems, rigid bodies). The level of the last sections is advanced.
The text is accompanied by an extensive collection of online
material, in which the possibilities of the electronic medium are
fully exploited, e.g. in the form of applets, 2D- and
3D-animations. It contains: A collection of 74 problems with
detailed step-by-step guidance towards the solutions, a collection
of comments and additional mathematical details in support of the
main text, a complete presentation of all the mathematical tools
needed.
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