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The analytical methods of calculation have been introduced to can study in a systematic and unitary form the discrete mechanical systems (with a finite number of particles or with a finite number of degrees of freedom); thus, appears the denomination of “analytical mechanics”, besides that of “theoretical mechanics” (in the English, German and Russian literature) and that of “rational mechanics” (in the French or Italian literature). In “physical mechanics” stress is put on the experimental aspect, while in “technical mechanics” on the possibility to apply in technics the results obtained. In all these cases, the object of study is the same: mechanics, as a science of nature.
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Teodorescu, P.P. (2009). Lagrangian Mechanics. In: Mechanical Systems, Classical Models. Mathematical and Analytical Techniques with Applications to Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2764-1_1
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