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_aRojo, Alberto G., _eauthor. |
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_aThe principle of least action : _bhistory and physics / _cAlberto Rojo, Oakland University, Michigan, Anthony Bloch, University of Michigan. |
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_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017. |
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_a1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s). |
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2018). | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aPrehistory of variational principles -- An excursio to Newton's Principia -- The optical-mechanical analogy, Part I: D'Alembert, Lagrange, and the statics-dynamics analogy -- The optical mechanical analogy, Part II: the Hamilton-Jacobi equation -- Relativity and least action -- The road to quantum mechanics. | |
| 520 | _aThe principle of least action originates in the idea that, if nature has a purpose, it should follow a minimum or critical path. This simple principle, and its variants and generalizations, applies to optics, mechanics, electromagnetism, relativity, and quantum mechanics, and provides an essential guide to understanding the beauty of physics. This unique text provides an accessible introduction to the action principle across these various fields of physics, and examines its history and fundamental role in science. It includes - with varying levels of mathematical sophistication - explanations from historical sources, discussion of classic papers, and original worked examples. The result is a story that is understandable to those with a modest mathematical background, as well as to researchers and students in physics and the history of physics. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aLeast action. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aVariational principles. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aMechanics. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aLagrange equations. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aHamilton-Jacobi equations. | |
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_aBloch, Anthony, _d1955- _eauthor. |
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_iPrint version: _z9780521869027 |
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