Analytical Mechanics

This introductory undergraduate text provides a detailed introduction to the key concepts of analytical mechanics, one of the cornerstones of physics. It deals with all the important subjects encountered in an undergraduate course and thoroughly prepares the reader for further study at graduate level.
About Author :
Dr. G.D. Arora has a teaching experience of more than twenty-one years. He has edited numerous text books and solved problem books on Physics. At present he is teaching in a junior college of Tronto (Canada).
Contents :
1. Analytical Mechanics 2. Classical Mechanics 3. Dynamics 4. Canonical Equations 5. Canonical Transformations 6. Coordinates and Work 7. Variations 8. Canonical Transformations 9. D'Alembert's Principle 10. Celestial Mechanics 11. Fermat's Principle 12. Coordinate System 13. Maupertuis' Principle 14. Canonical Coordinates 15. Lagrangian Mechanics 16. Symplectic Manifold 17. Hamilton-Jacobi Equation 18. Hamiltonian Mechanics 19. Hamiltonian Vector Field 20. Legendre Transformation 21. Symplectic Topology 22. Optics 23. Variational Principle 24. Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow 25. Environmental Fluid Mechanics