Mathematical Physics: Classical Mechanics

Andreas Knauf is a professor of mathematics at the Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research interests include classical, quantum and statistical mechanics.He is the author, with Markus Klein, of the book ‚Classical Planar Scattering by Coulombic Potentials‘ and, with Yakov Sinai, of the book ‚Classical Nonintegrability, Quantum Chaos‘.

• Remarks on Mathematial Physics.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Dynamical Systems.- 3 Ordinary Differential Equations.- 4 Linear Dynamics.- 5 Classification of Linear Flows.- 6 Hamiltonian Equations and Symplectic Group.- 7 Stability Theory.- 8 Variational Principles.- 9 Ergodic Theory.- 10 Symplectic Geometry.- 11 Motion in a Potential.- 12 Scattering Theory.- 13 Integrable Systems and Symmetries.- 14 Rigid and Non-Rigid Bodies.- 15 Perturbation Theory.- 16 Relativistic Mechanics.- 17 Symplectic Topology.- A Topological Spaces and Manifolds.- B Differential Forms.- C Convexity and Legendre Transform.- D Fixed Point Theorems, and Results about Inverse Images.- E Group Theory.- F Bundles, Connection, Curvature.- G Morse Theory.- H Solutions of the Exercises.- Bibiography.- Index of Proper Names.- Table of Symbols.- Image Credits.- Index.