The series of texts on Classical Theoretical Physics is based on the highly successful series of courses given by Walter Greiner at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Intended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, the volumes in the series provide not only a complete survey of classical theoretical physics but also an enormous number of worked examples and problems to show students clearly how to apply the abstract principles to realistic problems.

Intended for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, this text is based on the highly successful course given by Walter Greiner at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. The two volumes on classical mechanics provide not only a complete survey of the topic but also an enormous number of worked examples and problems to show students clearly how to apply the abstract principles to realistic problems.

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Vector Calculus.- and Basic Definitions.- The Scalar Product.- Component Representation of a Vector.- The Vector Product (Axial Vector).- The Triple Scalar Product.- Application of Vector Calculus.- Differentiation and Integration of Vectors.- The Moving Trihedral (Accompanying Dreibein)the Frenet Formulas.- Surfaces in Space.- Coordinate Frames.- Vector Differential Operations.- Determination of Line Integrals.- The Integral Laws of Gauss and Stokes.- Calculation of Surface Integrals.- Volume (Space) Integrals.- Newtonian Mechanics.- Newton's Axioms.- Basic Concepts of Mechanics.- The General Linear Motion.- The Free Fall.- Friction.- The Harmonic Oscillator.- Mathematical InterludeSeries Expansion, Euler's Formulas.- The Damped Harmonic Oscillator.- The Pendulum.- Mathematical Interlude: Differential Equations.- Planetary Motions.- Special Problems in Central Fields.- The Earth and our Solar System.- Theory of Relativity.- Relativity Principle and Michelson-Morley Experiment.- TheLorentz Transformation.- Properties of the Lorentz transformation.- Addition Theorem of the Velocities.- The Basic Quantities of Mechanics in Minkowski Space.- Applications of the Special Theory of Relativity.