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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Darryl D Holm (Imperial College London, Uk)Publisher: Imperial College Press Imprint: Imperial College Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9781848167773ISBN 10: 1848167776 Pages: 412 Publication Date: 02 November 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsGalilean Relativity; Reviews of the Contributions of Newton Lagrange, Euler, Hamilton, Lie, Noether and Poincare in the Foundations of Geometric Mechanics; Rotations, Using Quaternions and Their Adjoint and Coadjoint Operations; Special Orthogonal and Special Euclidean Groups; Heavy Tops; Euler-Poincare Equations; Lie-Poisson Hamiltonian Form; Momentum Maps; Round Rolling Bodies.Reviews"These volumes are a valuable addition to the literature on geometric mechanics. They are very well written, can be used for various courses independently or in conjunction with other texts, both more elementary and advanced, and can also serve as a good starting point for someone interested in the subject and willing to learn the principles and techniques of geometric mechanics. -- MathSciNet ""MathSciNet""" These volumes are a valuable addition to the literature on geometric mechanics. They are very well written, can be used for various courses independently or in conjunction with other texts, both more elementary and advanced, and can also serve as a good starting point for someone interested in the subject and willing to learn the principles and techniques of geometric mechanics. -- MathSciNet MathSciNet Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |