Classical theoretical physics. An introduction (Q5916295)

The book presents an introduction to the classical theoretical physics and is based on lections which the authors have taught many years for students of III and IV terms in Freiburg. In Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 the Newtonian mechanics and the Lagrangian mechanics are presented. In Chapter 4 the kinematics and dynamics of a rigid body about a fixed point is investigated. In Chapter 5 the dynamics of relative motion is treated and as an example the pendulum of Foucault is considered. Chapter 6 deals with linear oscillations of mechanical systems. The mathematical theory of linear differential equations with constant coefficients is given and several examples of concrete mechanical systems are shown. Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 deal with statistical mechanics. The basic concepts of thermodynamics are introduced and several applications are demonstrated. Chapter 9 deals shortly with fluid mechanics. In Chapter 10 the three main partial differential equations from theoretical physics are considered: the wave equation, the heat conduction equation and the Laplace equation. The mathematical theory is described and some concrete examples are solved. Chapter 11, Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 deal with electrostatics and electromagnetics. The corresponding mathematical theory is described and applications are shown. In Chapter 14 some elements of electrodynamics of continuous media are considered. In the appendix some additional mathematical information is presented. The book shows a systematic description of classical physics models of different origins, their mathematical treatment and physical interpretation and thus gives a wide introducing picture of the classical theoretical physics.