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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.

   [Second edition].

      pages cm

   Includes bibliographical references and index.

   ISBN 978-0-262-02896-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)

   1. Mechanics. I. Wisdom, Jack. II. Title.

   QC125.2.S895 2015

2014033586

531dc23