Problems And Solutions On Mechanics (Second Edition) (Major American Universities Ph.d. Qualifying Questions And Solutions - Physics): 0 - Hardcover

Swee Cheng Lim; Choy Heng Lai; Leong Chuan Kwek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811213402 ISBN 13: 9789811213403

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2020

Synopsis

This volume is a compilation of carefully selected questions at the PhD qualifying exam level, including many actual questions from Columbia University, University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University, University of Wisconsin and the University of California at Berkeley over a twenty-year period. Topics covered in this book include dynamics of systems of point masses, rigid bodies and deformable bodies, Lagrange's and Hamilton's equations, and special relativity.

This latest edition has been updated with more problems and solutions and the original problems have also been modernized, excluding outdated questions and emphasizing those that rely on calculations. The problems range from fundamental to advanced in a wide range of topics on optics, easily enhancing the student's knowledge through workable exercises. Simple-to-solve problems play a useful role as a first check of the student's level of knowledge whereas difficult problems will challenge the student's capacity on finding the solutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811213402
• ISBN 13: 9789811213403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 712