Spinning Tops: A Course on Integrable Systems

by M. Audin

Book Overview

Since the time of Lagrange and Euler, it has been well known that an understanding of algebraic curves can illuminate the picture of rigid bodies provided by classical mechanics. A modern view of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521561299
• ISBN13: 9780521561297
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"