Analytical Dynamics: Theory and Applications

by Mark D. Ardema

In his great work, Mecanique Analytique (1788)- Lagrange used the term "analytical" to mean "non-geometrical." Indeed, Lagrange made the following boast: "No diagrams will be found in this work. The methods that I explain in it require neither constructions nor geometrical or mechanical arguments, but only the algebraic operations inherent to a regular and uniform process. Those who love Analysis will, with joy, see mechanics become a new branch of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306486814
• ISBN13: 9780306486814
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 10.3"