Essential physics 1

Firk F.W.K.

Table of contents :
CONTENTS……Page 3
PREFACE……Page 7
MATHEMATICAL PRELIMINARIES……Page 11
KINEMATICS: THE GEOMETRY OF MOTION……Page 41
CLASSICAL AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY……Page 54
NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS……Page 73
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES AND CONSERVATION LAWS……Page 103
EINSTEINIAN DYNAMICS……Page 106
NEWTONIAN GRAVITATION……Page 119
EINSTEINIAN GRAVITATION:……Page 145
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS……Page 158
CONSERVATION LAWS, AGAIN……Page 167
CHAOS……Page 169
WAVE MOTION……Page 176
ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS AND FOURIER SERIES……Page 188
Appendix A……Page 196
BIBLIOGRAPHY……Page 207