Mechanics

Mechanics (Latin mechanicus, from the Greek mechanikos, "one skilled in machines") is a variety of specialised sciences pertaining to the functions and routine operations of machines, machine-like devices or objects. When preceded by a qualifier, mechanics refers to the study of empirically mechanical functions of a stated quantity or property.

Disciplines of Mechanics

• Newtonian physics? = Classical Mechanics
• Quantum MechanicsApply functional analysis to quantum wave functions?
• Lie group symmetries?
• Continuum mechanics?
• theory of relativity
• statistical mechanics
• fluid mechanics
• acoustic theory
• Biomechanics Study of mechanical properties of biologically created structures.