Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics

<p>Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics provides a concise comprehensive and readable introduction to classical tensor calculus - in both holonomic and nonholonomic coordinates - as well as to its principal applications to the Lagrangean dynamics of discrete systems under positional or velocity constraints. The thrust of the book focuses on formal structure and basic geometrical/physical ideas underlying most general equations of motion of mechanical systems under linear velocity constraints.<br>Written for the theoretically minded engineer Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics contains uniquely accessbile treatments of such intricate topics as:</p><li>tensor calculus in nonholonomic variables<br> </li><li>Pfaffian nonholonomic constraints<br> </li><li>related integrability theory of Frobenius<br>The book enables readers to move quickly and confidently in any particular geometry-based area of theoretical or applied mechanics in either classical or modern form.</li>