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		fspeech on April 27, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanic... What is a good reference from the symplectic geometry angle?

hansen on April 28, 2019 [–]

The standard (but rather heavy and difficult) is

Abraham, Marsden: Foundations of Mechanics

More gentle is

Vladimir Arnold: Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics

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