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New Foundations for Classical Mechanics

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Providing an introduction to geometric algebra as a unified language for physics and mathematics, this text contains extensive applications to classical mechanics in a textbook format suitable for courses at an intermediate level. The text is supported by more than 200 diagrams to help develop geometrical and physical intuition. Besides covering the standard material for a course on the mechanics of particles and rigid bodies, the book introduces co-ordinate-free methods for rotational dynamics and orbital mechanics, developing these subjects to a level well beyond that of other textbooks. These methods have been widely applied in recent years to biomechanics and robotics, to computer vision and geometric design, to orbital mechanics in government and industrial space programmes, as well as to other branches of physics. The book applies them to the major perturbations in the solar system, including the planetary perturbations of Mercury's perihelion. Geometric algebra integrates conventional vector algebra (along with its established notations) into a system with all the advantages of quaternions and spinors. Thus, it increases the power of the mathematical language of classical mechanics while bringing it closer to the language of quantum mechanics. This book systematically develops purely mathematical applications of geometric algebra useful in physics, including extensive applications to linear algebra and transformation groups. It should contain sufficient material for a course on mathematical topics alone. The second edition has been expanded by nearly 100 pages on relativistic mechanics. The treatment uses geometric algebra and provides a detailed treatment of spacetime maps, collisions, motion in uniform fields and relativistic precession. It conforms with Einstein's view that the Special Theory of Relativity is the culmination of developments in classical mechanics.

Author Biography:

David Hesteness is awarded the Oersted Medal for 2002. The Oersted Award recognizes notable contributions to the teaching of physics. It is the most prestigious award conferred by the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Release date NZ
September 30th, 1999
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Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
Edition
2nd ed. 1999
Illustrations
XIV, 706 p.
Pages
706
Dimensions
155x235x36
ISBN-13
9780792355144
Product ID
2437636

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