Elementary Mechanics Using MATLAB: A Modern Course Combining Analytical and Numerical Techniques
Anders Malthe-Sørenssen, University of Oslo
Springer International Publishing, 2015
ISBN: 978-3-319-19586-5;
Language: English
Specifically developed as a novel textbook on elementary classical mechanics, Elementary Mechanics Using MATLAB shows how analytical and numerical methods can be seamlessly integrated to solve physics problems. This approach allows students to solve more advanced and applied problems at an earlier stage and equips them to deal with real-world examples well beyond the special cases typically discussed in standard textbooks.
Another advantage of this approach is that students are brought closer to the way physics is actually discovered and applied. They are introduced right from the start to a more exploratory way of understanding phenomena and of developing their physical concepts.
While not a requirement, it is advantageous for the reader to have some prior knowledge of scientific programming with a scripting-type language. This edition of the book uses MATLAB and includes a chapter devoted to the basics of scientific programming with MATLAB. Each chapter is also accompanied by an extensive set of course-tested exercises and solutions.
