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In this chapter, we will give a brief summary of the course Theoretical Mechanics. The similarity phenomena in nature and analogy method in mechanics are introduced, where all the formulas are grouped and compared, and this is helpful for students to grasp the knowledge in a wider view.
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Liu, J. (2019). Summary. In: Lecture Notes on Theoretical Mechanics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8035-8_15
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