The lazy universe : an introduction to the principle of least action / by Jennifer Coopersmith.
The lazy universe : an introduction to the principle of least action / by Jennifer Coopersmith.
The lazy universe : an introduction to the principle of least action / by Jennifer Coopersmith.
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Publisher
Corby : Oxford university press, 2017.
Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press, 2017.
Date
2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/6036
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1.Introduction -- 2.Antecedents -- 3.Mathematics and physics preliminaries: of hills and plains and other things -- 4.The Principle of Virtual Work -- 5.D'Alembert's Principle -- 6.Lagrangian Mechanics -- 7.Hamiltonian Mechanics -- 8.The whole of physics -- 9.Final words.
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Publisher
Corby : Oxford university press, 2017.
Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
2017.
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Summary
This book is about 'action' and the Principle of Least Action. These ideas are at the heart of physical science and engineering. Physics is well known as being concerned with grand conservatory principles (e.g. the conservation of energy) but equally important is the optimization principle (such as getting somewhere in the shortest time or with the...
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The lazy universe : an introduction to the principle of least action / by Jennifer Coopersmith.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index.
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G 2017/6036
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74VKVEGkbKMM
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ISBN
0198743041
9780198743040
DDC
531.11
MMS ID
991024132419002626
