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Author(s): John G. Papastavridis
Title: Analytical mechanics: A comprehensive treatise on the dynamics of constrained systems; for engineers, physicists and mathematicians
Additional book information: Oxford University Press, 2002, xxii + 1392, $295.00, 0-19-512697-1

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MSC (2000): Primary 70-00, 70-01, 70E55, 70F20, 70G75
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-03-00984-4
PII: S 0273-0979(03)00984-4
Posted: April 9, 2003
Additional notes: This research was supported in part by a CNPq fellowship
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society

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