SOLUTION MANUAL FOR CLASSICAL MECHANICS AND ELECTRODYNAMICS

by Jon Magne Leinaas

Overview

As the essential companion book to Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics (World Scientific, 2018), a textbook which aims to provide a general introduction to classical theoretical physics, in the fields of mechanics, relativity and electromagnetism, this book provides worked solutions to the exercises in Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics.Detailed explanations are laid out to aid the reader in advancing their understanding of the concepts and applications expounded in the textbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811200724
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/05/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	10 MB

Table of Contents

Part 1 Analytical Mechanics 1

Chapter 1 Generalized coordinates 3

Chapter 2 Lagrange's equations 9

Chapter 3 Hamiltonian dynamics 31

Part 2 Relativity 47

Chapter 4 The four-dimensional space-time 49

Chapter 5 Consequences of the Lorentz transformations 55

Chapter 6 Four-vector formalism and covariant equations 63

Chapter 7 Relativistic kinematics 67

Chapter 8 Relativistic dynamics 77

Part 3 Electrodynamics 89

Chapter 9 Maxwell's equations 91

Chapter 10 Electromagnetic field dynamics 99

Chapter 11 Maxwell's equations with stationary sources 105

Chapter 12 Electromagnetic radiation 113