physics, analytical mechanics, or theoretical mechanics is a collection of closely related formulations of classical mechanics. Analytical mechanics uses...

others, leading to the development of analytical mechanics (which includes Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics). These advances, made predominantly...

forming classical mechanics: Newtonian mechanics, the original theory of motion (kinematics) and forces (dynamics) Analytical mechanics is a reformulation...

the calculus of variations, analytical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, elasticity, and fluid mechanics. Moreover, he predicted the...

Janet (1998). Analytical Mechanics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521573270. Kibble, T. W.; Berkshire, F. H. (2004). Classical Mechanics. Imperial College...

calculus in 1678. Analytic tools of mechanics grew through the next two centuries, including the development of Hamiltonian mechanics and the action principles...

Hamiltonian mechanics is a reformulation of Lagrangian mechanics that emerged in 1833. Introduced by Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Hamiltonian mechanics replaces...

In geometry and mechanics, a displacement is a vector whose length is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P undergoing...

In physics, Lagrangian mechanics is a formulation of classical mechanics founded on the stationary-action principle (also known as the principle of least...

The following is a timeline of classical mechanics: 4th century BC - Aristotle invents the system of Aristotelian physics, which is later largely disproved...