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Contents

Preface v

Problems Solved in Student Solutions Manual vii

1 Matrices, Vectors, and Vector Calculus 1

2 Newtonian Mechanics—Single Particle 29

3 Oscillations 79

4 Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos 127

5 Gravitation 149

6 Some Methods in The Calculus of Variations 165

7 Hamilton’s Principle—Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics 181

8 Central-Force Motion 233

9 Dynamics of a System of Particles 277

10 Motion in a Noninertial Reference Frame 333

11 Dynamics of Rigid Bodies 353

12 Coupled Oscillations 397

13 Continuous Systems; Waves 435

14 Special Theory of Relativity 461

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