Introduction to Lagrangian Mechanics, Paperback by Brizard, Alain J., ISBN 9814623628, ISBN-13 9789814623629, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Brizard presents students, academics, and researchers with the second edition of his comprehensive introduction to Langrangian mechanics, the history of the Langrangian method, Fermat’s Principle of Least Time, and the mathematical principles of several mathematical predecessors of Hamilton’s Principle of Least Action and the Euler-Lagrange equations of motion. He has organized the main body of his text in nine chapters devoted to the calculus of variations, Lagrangian mechanics, motion in a central-force field, collisions and scattering theory, and a wide variety of other related subjects. Alain J. Brizard is a faculty member of Saint Michael’s College, Vermont. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()