Essentials of Classical Mechanics

An Open Textbook (Ryan D. Martin)

Essentials of Classical Mechanics by Ryan D. Martin develops analytic mechanics from generalized coordinates and the calculus of variations through virtual work, the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, conservation laws, canonical transformations and continuous media.

This is the web edition of the open textbook by Ryan D. Martin (Queen's University), built directly from the LaTeX source and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Contents

  1. 1. Formalism and generalized coordinates
  2. 2. Calculus of variations
  3. 3. Virtual work and D'Alembert's principle
  4. 4. The Lagrangian
  5. 5. Conservations laws and symmetries
  6. 6. Applications of the Lagrangian formalism
  7. 7. The Hamiltonian
  8. 8. Canonical Transformations
  9. 9. Continuous Media and the Theory of Fields