Lectures on Analytical Mechanics

This book is famous among professors and students of physics all over Russia for its exceptionally clear and simple style of presentation. I do not know any other textbook on classical mechanics comparable to this one by its clarity and pedagogical value. * Michel Dyakonov, University of Montpellier *My impression is that this is the best currently available course of classical mechanics. * Vladimir Zelevinsky, Michigan State University *Just perfect for a lower-division or an upper-division university course. In addition, many professionals and people who want to refresh their knowledge of mechanics will find this treasure of a book highly useful. * Dmitry Budker, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, and University of California, Berkeley *This is a great book, polished to pedagogical perfection. It is good both for students and for instructors. * Gregory Falkovich, Weizmann Institute *Written by professional physicists with over 140 years’ of teaching experience combined, this book is aimed at students and lecturers in physics. The book also includes five supplemental sections, which provide practical illustrations of the theoretical material. These sections can be used by teachers as the basis for conducting a specialized course, or by curious students who wish to explore different applications of analytical mechanics independently. * MathSciNet *

G. L. Kotkin graduated from the Physics Department of Moscow State University in 1958. He worked at Novosibirsk State University from 1962 to 2020 as a full professor (Chair of Theoretical Physics). He has authored six monographs, including A Collection of Problems in Classical Mechanics (together with V. G. Serbo), which has been translated from the original Russian into four other languages. Prof. Kotkin also published about 100 scientific works, including two papers about photon-photon colliders.

V. G. Serbo graduated from the Physics Department of Leningrad State University in 1962. Since 1965, he has worked at Novosibirsk State University, where he is now a full professor (Chair of Theoretical Physics). He has authored more than 160 scientific papers, including two papers about photon-photon colliders. As a visiting professor, he has worked in a number of foreign universities and scientific institutions. He is the author of six university textbooks, including A Collection of Problems in Classical Mechanics (co-authored with G. L. Kotkin).

A. I. Chernykh graduated from the Physics Department of Novosibirsk State University in 1970, where he is currently an Assistant Professor in Theoretical Physics. His research and teaching interests lie in the field of numerical modeling, including the emergence of turbulence in a Couette flow, instanton in the Burgers Equation, titanium-sapphire laser, passive scalar in the near-wall region of a turbulent flow.