Classical mechanics and electrodynamics
Jon Magne Leinaas
- World Scientific Low Price Edition 1st Indian ed.
- Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2019
- xii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Generalized coordinates Lagrange's equations Hamiltonian dynamics The four-dimensional space-time Consequences of the Lorentz transformations Four-vector formalism and covariant equations Relativistic kinematics Relativistic dynamics Maxwell's equations Electromagnetic field dynamics Maxwell's equations with stationary sources Electromagnetic radiation
The book gives a general introduction to classical theoretical physics, in the fields of mechanics, relativity and electromagnetism. It is analytical in approach and detailed in the derivations of physical consequences from the fundamental principles in each of the fields. The book is aimed at physics students in the last year of their undergraduate or first year of their graduate studies