Lagrangian Interaction: An Introduction To Relativistic Symmetry In Electrodynamics And Gravitation

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CRC Press, 8 mrt 2018 - 592 pagina's
This book is an introduction to Lagrangian mechanics, starting with Newtonian physics and proceeding to topics such as relativistic Lagrangian fields and Lagrangians in General Relativity, electrodynamics, Gauge theory, and relativistic gravitation. The mathematical notation used is introduced and explained as the book progresses, so it can be understood by students at the undergraduate level in physics or applied mathmatics, yet it is rigorous enough to serve as an introduction to the mathematics and concepts required for courses in relativistic quantum field theory and general relativity.
 

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Preface
Introduction
Space and time
Tensor fields in Euclidean spacetime
Spacetime kinematics and Galilean relativity
Newtonian mechanics
Newtonian gravity
EulerLagrange equations of motion
Poincaré transformations
Tensor fields in Minkowskian spacetime
Einsteinian mechanics
Relativistic Lagrangian fields
Relativistic scalar gravity
Maxwells equations
Electrodynamics
Gauge principle

Symmetries and Noethers theorem
Nonrelativistic Lagrangian fields
Hamiltonian dynamics
Special relativity
Relativistic gravitation
Appendices
Index
Copyright

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Noel Doughty

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