TY - BOOK AU - Müller-Kirsten,H.J.W. TI - Classical mechanics and relativity SN - 9789812832511 PY - 2008/// CY - Singapore PB - World Scientific Publishing Company KW - Relativistic mechanics KW - Lagrange equations KW - Hamiltonian operator KW - Einstein field equations N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-552) and index; Introduction -- Recapitulation of Newtonian mechanics -- The Lagrange formalism -- The canonical or Hamilton formalism -- Symmetries and transformations -- Looking beyond classical mechanics -- Two-body central forces -- Rigid body dynamics -- Small oscillations and stability -- Motivation of the theory of relativity -- A simple look at phenomenological consequences -- Aspects of special relativity -- Equation of motion of a particle in a gravitational field -- Tensor calculus for Riemann spaces -- Einstein’s equation of the gravitational field -- The Schwarzschild solution UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0822/2008029186.html ER -