Geometric Mechanics, Part Ii

Rotating, Translating And Rolling

Darryl D Holm (Imperial College London, Uk)

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Imperial College Press
15 April 2008

Maths for scientists; Classical mechanics

This textbook introduces the tools and language of modern geometric mechanics to advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in mathematics, physics, and engineering. It treats the dynamics of rotating, spinning and rolling rigid bodies from a geometric viewpoint, by formulating their solutions as coadjoint motions generated by Lie groups. The only prerequisites are linear algebra, multivariable calculus and some familiarity with Euler-Lagrange variational principles and canonical Poisson brackets in classical mechanics at the beginning undergraduate level.

Variational calculus on tangent spaces of Lie groups is explained in the context of familiar concrete examples. Through these examples, the student develops skills in performing computational manipulations, starting from vectors and matrices, working through the theory of quaternions to understand rotations, and then transferring these skills to the computation of more abstract adjoint and coadjoint motions, Lie-Poisson Hamiltonian formulations, momentum maps and finally dynamics with nonholonomic constraints.

The 120 Exercises and 55 Worked Answers help the student to grasp the essential aspects of the subject, and to develop proficiency in using the powerful methods of geometric mechanics. In addition, all theorems are stated and proved explicitly. The book's many examples and worked exercises make it ideal for both classroom use and self-study.

By: Darryl D Holm (Imperial College London Uk)
Imprint: Imperial College Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9781848161559
ISBN 10: 1848161557
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 15 April 2008
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Galilean Relativity; Newton, Lagrange and Hamilton's Treatments of the Rigid Body; Quaternions; Quaternionic Conjugacy and Adjoint Actions; The Special Orthogonal Group SO(3); The Special Euclidean Group SE(3); Euler-Poincare & Lie-Poisson Equations on SE(3); Heavy Top Equations; The Euler-Poincare Theorem; Euler-Poincare Reduction by Symmetry; Lie-Poisson Hamiltonian Form of the Classical Spin Chain; Momentum Maps; Round Rolling Rigid Bodies.