Probability and Computing：Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis

Thistextbookcoversallthestandardintroductorytopicsinclassicalmechanics,includingNewton'slaws,oscillations,energy,momentum,angularmomentum,planetarymotion,andspecialrelativity.Italsoexploresmoreadvancedtopics,suchasnormalmodes,theLagrangianmethod,gyroscopicmotion,fictitiousforces,4-vectors,andgeneralrelativity.Itcontainsmorethan250problemswithdetailedsolutionssostudentscaneasilychecktheirunderstandingofthetopic.Therearealsoover350unworkedexerciseswhichareidealforhomeworkassignments.Passwordprotectedsolutionsareavailabletoinstructorsatwww.cambridge.org/9780521876223.Thevastnumberofproblemsalonemakesitanidealsupplementarytextforalllevelsofundergraduatephysicscoursesinclassicalmechanics.Remarksarescatteredthroughoutthetext,discussingissuesthatareoftenglossedoverinothertextbooks,anditisthoroughlyillustratedwithmorethan600figurestohelpdemonstratekeyconcepts.