The Theory of the Top. Volume II Development of the Theory in the Case of the Heavy Symmetric Top /

• Main Authors: Klein, Felix. (Author), Sommerfeld, Arnold. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston : Birkhũser Boston, 2010.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematics_$xHistory.; Mathematical physics.; Mechanics.; History of Mathematics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Applications of Mathematics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4827-5

The Theory of the Top. Volume II. Development of the Theory in the Case of the Heavy Symmetric Top is the second in a series of four self-contained English translations of the classic and definitive treatment of rigid body motion. Key features: * Complete and unabridged presentation with recent adva...

Table of Contents:

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• Volume II. Development of the Theory in the Case of the Heavy Symmetric Top
• Chapter IV. The general motion of the heavy symmetric top. Introduction to elliptic integrals
• Chapter V. On special forms of motion of the heavy symmetric top, particularly pseudoregular precession, and on the stability of motion
• Chapter VI. Representation of the motion of the top by elliptic functions
• Appendix to Chapter VI
• Addenda and Supplements
• Translators<U+0019> Notes
• References
• Index.