Conclusion

These articles on mechanics are not intended to be an additional textbook. There are plenty of those already; in the end, the following point of view was adopted:

• clearly present the purpose of each partial theory ;

• state the precise conditions of application;

• formulate results unambiguously ;

• couple each important result with an example designed to verify the understanding of the result;

• facilitate the reader's task and save time by presenting a large number of directly usable results in tabular form.

In short, everything possible has been done to help readers find the information they need quickly and reliably, in the hope of inspiring them to make greater use of this...