Schaum's Outline of Lagrangian Dynamics

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Summary: I agree, this is NOT a Schaum's.
Review: As a graduate student in physics, I have collected many Schuam's Outlines over the years and usually find them very helpful. This one was not up to par. The derivations and example problems were very wordy and skipped over half the mathematical details - one problem I did from the book required eleven steps when I was finished and the book showed three. Some chapters had only a few worked example problems and dozens that are given simply "as an exercise to the reader."

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Summary: This is a Schaum's?
Review: As a graduate student in physics, I have collected many Schuam's Outlines over the years and usually find them very helpful. This one was not up to par. The derivations and example problems were very wordy and skipped over half the mathematical details - one problem I did from the book required eleven steps when I was finished and the book showed three. Some chapters had only a few worked example problems and dozens that are given simply "as an exercise to the reader."

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Summary: I agree, this is NOT a Schaum's.
Review: I have used Schaums outlines to help with several subjects in Engineering and Physics. This book was printed in 1967. Steps are missing for many of the examples, and answers are only included for the problems in Chapter 2.

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Summary: The best on Lagrangian Mechanics
Review: If you would like to understand and know who to use Lagrange equation, look no further. This book provides both theory and practical application to Lagrange equation. The material converge is excellent and complete. The book is rich in examples and solved problem. It is a graduate level book but also very accessible to people with good background in Dynamics. I often refer to it when solving dynamic modeling of systems.

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Summary: Excellent problems
Review: This book contains some excellent problems and solutions. It was invaluable in understanding this material when I took my college junior mechanics class.

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Summary: This is one of the best Schaum's outlines.
Review: This is a very detailed outline on Lagrangian mechanics. Many of the Schaum's series outlines deal only with some of the simplest problems, leaving the more diffucult problems to the reader, or to texts. Here, the author dedicates two chapters to background material, and covers everything from the most basic to some quite advanced problems in the remaining sixteen chapters. A very good outline, and a must for those who love to see good examples when learning a subject.

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Summary: The Very Best
Review: This is the best of Schaum's Outlines. Not only is the treatment of variational mechanics complete, with exposition on every major aspect of the derivation and solution dynamical equations, it does so while exceeding all junior-level texts on analytical mechanics. Its treatment of dissipation functions in chapter six, moreover, is better than the available graduate textbooks on the subject. This is the one workbook in the series that you must own for learning and for future reference.

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Summary: The Very Best
Review: This is the best of Schaum's Outlines. Not only is the treatment of variational mechanics complete, with exposition on every major aspect of the derivation and solution dynamical equations, it does so while exceeding all junior-level texts on analytical mechanics. Its treatment of dissipation functions in chapter six, moreover, is better than the available graduate textbooks on the subject. This is the one workbook in the series that you must own for learning and for future reference.