Notes on Analytical Mechanics (original) (raw)

“… to reduce the theory of mechanics, and the art of solving the associated problems, to general formulae, whose simple development provides all the equations necessary for the solution of each problem… . to unite, and present from one point of view, the different principles which have, so far, been found to assist in the solution of problems in mechanics; by showing their mutual dependence and making a judgment of their validity and scope possible. … No diagrams will be found in this work. The methods that I explain in it require neither constructions nor geometrical or mechanical arguments, but only the algebraic operations inherent to a regular and uniform process. Those who love Analysis will, with joy, see mechanics become a new branch of it and will be grateful to me for having extended its field.” (Joseph Louis de Lagrange, Avertissement for Mechanique Analytique, 1788)

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