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This book presents in a unified way modern geometric methods in analytical mechanics based on the application of fibre bundles, jet manifold formalism and the related concept of connection. Non-relativistic mechanics is seen as a particular field theory over a one-dimensional base. In fact, the concept of connection is the major link throughout the book. In the gauge scheme of mechanics, connections appear as reference frames, dynamic equations, and in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms. Inertial forces, energy conservation laws and other phenomena related to reference frames are analyzed;

Gauge fields (Physics) --- Manifolds (Mathematics) --- Hamiltonian systems. --- Lagrangian functions. --- Relativistic mechanics. --- Hamiltonian dynamical systems --- Systems, Hamiltonian --- Differentiable dynamical systems --- Geometry, Differential --- Topology --- Fields, Gauge (Physics) --- Gage fields (Physics) --- Gauge theories (Physics) --- Field theory (Physics) --- Group theory --- Symmetry (Physics) --- Mechanics --- Relativity (Physics) --- Functions, Lagrangian --- Calculus of variations --- Dynamics --- Mathematical optimization