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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sussman, Gerald Jay.
   Structure and interpretation of classical mechanics / Gerald Jay Sussman
   and Jack Wisdom with Meinhard E. Mayer.

   p.   cm.

   Includes bibliographical references and index.

   ISBN 0-262-019455-4 (hc.: alk. paper)

   1. Mechanics. I. Wisdom, Jack. II. Mayer, Meinhard E.
(Meinhard Edwin), 1929- III. Title.

QC125.2 .S895 2001

531 -- dc21 00-51971