New Methods of Celestial Mechanics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781608053445)

The book attempts to explain the main features of celestial mechanics using a new and unique technique. Its emphasis, in terms of applications, is on the Solar System, including its most peculiar properties (such as chaos, resonances, relativistic corrections, etc.). All results are derived in a reasonably transparent manner, so that anyone with a PC and a rudimentary knowledge of mathematics can readily verify them, and even extend them to explore new situations, if desired. The more mathematically oriented reader may also appreciate seeing quaternions as the basic algebraic tool of the new approach. Practicing astronomers may also be happy to learn that the method has eliminated the problem of zero divisors, and does not require using the rather controversial averaging principle. The book is intended for astronomers and mathematicians interested in mechanical motion.

Author: Jan Vrbik
ISBN-10: 160805344X
ISBN-13: 9781608053445
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2018
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.32d