The Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies
As senior wrangler in 1854, Edward John Routh (1831–1907) was the man who beat James Clerk Maxwell in the Cambridge mathematics tripos. He went on to become a highly successful coach in mathematics at Cambridge, producing a total of twenty-seven senior wranglers during his career – an unrivalled achievement. In addition to his considerable teaching commitments, Routh was also a very able and productive researcher who contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. First published in one volume in 1860, this textbook helped disseminate Routh's investigations into stability. This revised fifth edition was published in two volumes between 1891 and 1892. The first part establishes the principles of dynamics, providing formulae and examples throughout. While the growth of modern physics and mathematics may have forced out the problem-based mechanics of Routh's textbooks from the undergraduate syllabus, the utility and importance of his work is undiminished.
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The Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies
As senior wrangler in 1854, Edward John Routh (1831–1907) was the man who beat James Clerk Maxwell in the Cambridge mathematics tripos. He went on to become a highly successful coach in mathematics at Cambridge, producing a total of twenty-seven senior wranglers during his career – an unrivalled achievement. In addition to his considerable teaching commitments, Routh was also a very able and productive researcher who contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. First published in one volume in 1860, this textbook helped disseminate Routh's investigations into stability. This revised fifth edition was published in two volumes between 1891 and 1892. The first part establishes the principles of dynamics, providing formulae and examples throughout. While the growth of modern physics and mathematics may have forced out the problem-based mechanics of Routh's textbooks from the undergraduate syllabus, the utility and importance of his work is undiminished.
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The Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies

The Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies

by Edward John Routh
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The Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies

The Elementary Part of a Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies

by Edward John Routh

Overview

As senior wrangler in 1854, Edward John Routh (1831–1907) was the man who beat James Clerk Maxwell in the Cambridge mathematics tripos. He went on to become a highly successful coach in mathematics at Cambridge, producing a total of twenty-seven senior wranglers during his career – an unrivalled achievement. In addition to his considerable teaching commitments, Routh was also a very able and productive researcher who contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. First published in one volume in 1860, this textbook helped disseminate Routh's investigations into stability. This revised fifth edition was published in two volumes between 1891 and 1892. The first part establishes the principles of dynamics, providing formulae and examples throughout. While the growth of modern physics and mathematics may have forced out the problem-based mechanics of Routh's textbooks from the undergraduate syllabus, the utility and importance of his work is undiminished.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108050319
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2012
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
Pages: 432
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. On moments of inertia; 2. D'Alembert's principle; 3. Motion about a fixed axis; 4. Motion in two dimensions; 5. Motion in three dimensions; 6. On momentum; 7. Vis viva; 8. Lagrange's equations; 9. Small oscillations; 10. On some special problems.
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