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Classical Mechanics, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Classical Mechanics, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Tai L. Chow
May 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
639 pages
23h 12m
English
CRC Press
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55Newtonian Mechanics
© 2010 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
is a conservative force eld.
(b) Find the potential energy V.
(c) Find the work done in moving an object in this force eld from (1, –2, 1) to (3, 1, 4).
5. A particle of mass m moves along the x-axis under the inuence of a conservative force
eld having potential V(x). If the particle is located at positions x
1
and x
2
at respective times
t
1
and t
2
, prove that if E is the total energy,
tt m
x
EVx
x
x
21
2
1
2
−=
/
d
()
.
6. A particle moves in a force eld given by
Frr=
2
, where
r
is the position vector of the
particle. Show that the angular momentum of the particle is conserved.
7. A par
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