Classical Mechanics with Mathematica®

Antonio Romano is Professor Emeritus at the Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Naples, Italy.Addolorata Morasco is a Researcher in mathematical physics at the Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in Naples, Italy.

• Part I: Introduction to Linear Algebra and Differential Geometry.- Vector Spaces and Linear Maps.- Tensor Algebra.- Skew-Symmetric Tensors and Exterior Algebra.- Euclidean and Symplectic Vector Spaces.- Duality and Euclidean Tensors.- Differentiable Manifolds.- One-Parameter Groups of Diffeomorphisms.- Exterior Derivative and Integration.- Absolute Differential Calculus.- An Overview of Dynamical Systems.- Part II: Mechanics.- Kinematics of a Point Particle.- Kinematics of Rigid Bodies.- Principles of Dynamics.- Dynamics of a Material Point.- General Principles of Rigid Body Dynamics.- Dynamics of a Rigid Body.- Lagrangian Dynamics.- Hamiltonian Dynamics.- The Hamilton-Jacobi Theory.- Completely Integrable Systems.- Elements of Statistical Mechanics of Equilibrium.- Impulsive Dynamics.- Introduction to Fluid Mechanics.- An Introduction to Celestial Dynamics.- One-Dimensional Continuous Systems.- An Introduction to Special Relativity.- Variational Calculus with Applications.- Appendix A: First-Order PDEs.- Appendix B: Fourier Analysis.- Index.