Analytical Mechanics

by Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Book Overview

to the English translation of Lagrange's Mecanique Analytique Lagrange's Mecanique Analytique appeared early in 1788 almost exactly one cen- tury after the publication of Newton's Principia Mathematica. It marked the culmination of a line of research devoted to recasting Newton's synthetic, geomet- ric methods in the analytic style of the Leibnizian calculus. Its sources extended well beyond the physics of central forces set forth in the Principia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048147794
• ISBN13: 9789048147793
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 594 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"