S.-Thornton-J.-Marion--errata
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List of corrections to the first printing of Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems (5th edition) by Thornton and Marion, current as of May 24, 2006. Entries are organized by page number and fix equations, figure captions, symbols and typos in chapters on vector analysis, Newtonian mechanics, oscillations, central forces, Lagrangian dynamics, and the appendices. It is a downloaded reference by others, not Phil's own writing.
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ErrataforClassical Dynamics, 5"editionbyThomton andMarion
First printing:
Corrections asofMay24,2006
p.19 FirstiteminEquation (1.39)should be(WA)=not(uA')= .
p.25 FirstlineafterEquation (1.66). Itshould read...isthepermutation symbol (or
Levi-Civita density) andhas... That is,move theleftparenthesis.
p.26 Page26,Equation 1.70should read: (ABsin@)' =C}+?+C}=|Cf=C?. That
istheabsolute value sign must bemoved.
p.34 Theminussignattheendofthe first equation onthepage should beremoved.
Itshould appear as...=ge,
p.35 Second lineincaption forFigure 1-18should read: ...has anangular velocity.
about thataxis. That is,remove the=vxr.
p.61 Thelastsentence above Equation (2.24) should read:
Then C;=In vo,and
p.63 Thesecond lineofthecaption forFigure 2-6should read:
...initial speeds |¥g]astheyapproach theterminal velocity.
p.64—TherighthandsideofEquation (2.35)shouldbe
a4
-{we+E—yeesino)Thatis,the#termshouldbe¢*
p.65 Thefirstlineofthesecond fullparagraph should read: Tofindthemaximum.
predicted height, weneed tocalculate yforthe...
p.72 Equation (2.67) should be
m,X, =m,g-T
. . aE P.81‘Thelefthandsideoftheequation shouldhavepreplaced by©.
p86 Topmost equation should bex,=,notx?=onfarleftside.
p.97 Problem 2.47, first lineafter equation. Itshould have
..-where Up=1Janda=2m... That is,change @toa. aisitalic,
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p.117 The equation number (3.43) ontheright hand side above (3.48) should be
deleted.
p.120 Second line after Equation (3.63). Should read...Noresonanceoccursif B>o,/V2. Thatis, change 2toV2.
p.125 Second equation inExample 3.5. ChangeLtoRin3places.Equationshould be
V_=RI=ra=Rq(editor:dotshouldbelower) it
p.126 Last linebefore Section 3.8hasatypo inthevalue ofwy. Itshould be
oy=Vi/LC-R?/2E°
p.198-99 InEquations (5.48),(5.49),and(5.50)the#ontheleftsideofthe
equation should bebold #,notitalic. Leave thesuperscripts and subscripts as
they are.
p.199 First lineoftextunderneath Figure 5-10. The #should bebold #,notitalic.
Thefirst equation underneath thisshould have abold r,notanitalic r.Itshould
be
eae,i,iaMi,
mM,
Note that theprimes arenotquite placed properly inthisequation. Seethetext.
Thedotsoverthevariables donotquitelookcorrecthereorinanyofthe other
equations typed here either.
p.200 Second lineafter Equation (5.53): Change Dtod.Now reads as... similarly
atpoint dthesame magnitude, butthe ..
p.209 The label inFigure 6-2should bechanged from .
y@x=asinx to y(a,x)=x+asinx
p.255 Equation (7.101). Thesubscripts ongandqinthedenominator shouldbei,
notj.
p.267 Equation (7.165) should be
VaR ERO?
p.294 Equation aboveEquation (8.28):thelasttermshouldbeanot4That
ur ur
is,change1to/(italicJ.
2
p.377 Thelastequation atthebottomofthepageshouldhaveafinit,
uy (mm Replace thé ition H,, =-gf dt+— —|dr eplacetheequationH1,,=-gf”al»()im
. uy (m bytheequationH,,=~aftaeAp”(am
p.388 Lastlineoftextonpage(right above Equation (10.3): should read _...the time
rateofchange of...
p.393 Figure 10-3. Thewinthefigure should beboldw.Thecross product symbol
xshould also bebold x.
p.397 Paragraph above Figure 10-6:
‘Add aminus sign—infront of@inthe5"line.
7"line:Addcomma aftertheword“term” anddeletethefirstleftparenthesis (.
Add acomma after the]andbefore theword “is”.
p.436 LineoftextaboveEquation(11.74):addminussign(-)beforecos(F}3
Itshouldbe-cos™().3
p.441 ThefirstlineoftextafterEquation (11.92) shouldread:_....totransform thex
intothex7.Because therotation ... ‘Thatis,change thesecond subscript
ofxfromItoi,
p.451 Ninth lineoftextfrombottom (donotcount footnote): Change 1/Qto2”/@.
p.470 Second lineshould read _..theforceonmyis-Kx~Kj, (x-x,)... Notethat
oneoftheminus signs wasincorrectly alongdash.
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ag
p.524Equation(13.50):theterminthedenominator (eo )shouldbesquared pl
ee ° asin(SF?) .pb
. rat Equation(13.52):theterminthedenominator (a-oF)shouldbesquared pl
(rary '
asin (77-0?) .
pb?
p-536 TwotextlinesbelowEquation (13.99)shouldread:...offorcingthestringto
vibrate atanangular frequency ..
‘Thetextlinebelow Equation (13.101) should read: Iftheangular frequency is
tobeareal...
p.571 Thethirdlineofthe’ second fullparagraph might bealittle clearer ifitreads:
‘Theuseoftheimaginary number i(=J=1) doesnotinclude...
p.591 Theequation above Equation (A.12) should be
dt assealAaa-P+...}it, eat
‘That is,thepartinside the(__)must bechanged.
p.600 ThesecondlineoftextafterEquation (C.4),inthenewparagraph, shouldread
‘Theproperties (a)and(b)above canbeverified bydirect substitution,
p.604 Thelastlineoftext onthispage should read: Equating coefficients oflike
powers...
p-620 Equation (F.18) should have thelast“+”removed andappear as
104,
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