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MECHANICS FOR PHYSICISTS: An Introduction, including Special Relativity

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This textbook introduces the field of mechanics, commonly offered at universities in Germany as part of structured courses in theoretical physics.

Within the framework of elementary Newtonian mechanics, the basic concepts — such as trajectory curves, mass point, equations of motion, reference frames — are introduced. The focus is placed on the Lagrangian formalism (Lagrangian equations of the first and second kind, Hamilton's principle, conservation laws, Noether's theorem, etc.) and its mos...