In the present edition of the book, the subject matter has been thoroughly revised and enlarged not only to cover the latest syllabi of the various Indian Universities, but a lot of attention has been paid keeping in view the requirements of the students, appearing in different national and state level competitive examinations, e.g., NET/JRF, GATE, etc. Further, a sufficient number of problems (solved and unsolved) and objective type questions have been added so that the aspiring students may have a good practice and develop a good insight in the subject. With these improvements, the present form of the book is expected relatively more useful for the student community.
Contents :
1. Introductory Ideas
2. Langrangian Dynamics
3. Hamiltonian Dynamics
4. Two-Body Central Force Problem
5. Variational Principles
6. Canonical Transformations
7. Brackets and Liouville`s Theorem
8. Hamilton-Jacobi Theory and Transition to Quantum Mechanics
9. Small Oscillations and Normal Modes (Coupled-Oscillators)
10. Dynamics of a Rigid Body
11. Noninertial and Rotating Coordinate Systems
12. Special Theory of Relativity-Lorentz Transformations
13. Relativistic Mechanics
14. Four Dimensional Formulation-Minkowski Space
15. Convariant Formulation of Electrodynamics
16. Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
