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  2. Canonical transformation - Wikipedia

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    However, as a feature of canonical transformations, it is always possible to choose 2N such independent functions from sets (q, p) or (Q, P), to form a generating function representation of canonical transformations, including the time variable. Hence, it can be proven that every finite canonical transformation can be given as a closed but ...

  3. Generating function (physics) - Wikipedia

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    The generating function F for this transformation is of the third kind, = (,). To find F explicitly, use the equation for its derivative from the table above, =, and substitute the expression for P from equation , expressed in terms of p and Q:

  4. Action-angle coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Action angles result from a type-2 canonical transformation where the generating function is Hamilton's characteristic function (not Hamilton's principal function ).Since the original Hamiltonian does not depend on time explicitly, the new Hamiltonian (,) is merely the old Hamiltonian (,) expressed in terms of the new canonical coordinates, which we denote as (the action angles, which are the ...

  5. Symplectomorphism - Wikipedia

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    Examples of symplectomorphisms include the canonical transformations of classical mechanics and theoretical physics, the flow associated to any Hamiltonian function, the map on cotangent bundles induced by any diffeomorphism of manifolds, and the coadjoint action of an element of a Lie group on a coadjoint orbit.

  6. Bessel function - Wikipedia

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    Bessel functions describe the radial part of vibrations of a circular membrane.. Bessel functions, named after Friedrich Bessel who was the first to systematically study them in 1824, [1] are canonical solutions y(x) of Bessel's differential equation + + = for an arbitrary complex number, which represents the order of the Bessel function.

  7. Poisson bracket - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the time evolution of a function on a symplectic manifold can be given as a one-parameter family of symplectomorphisms (i.e., canonical transformations, area-preserving diffeomorphisms), with the time being the parameter: Hamiltonian motion is a canonical transformation generated by the Hamiltonian.

  8. Analytical mechanics - Wikipedia

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    the above transformations are called canonical transformations, each function G n is called a generating function of the "nth kind" or "type-n". The transformation of coordinates and momenta can allow simplification for solving Hamilton's equations for a given problem.

  9. List of common coordinate transformations - Wikipedia

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    Note: solving for ′ returns the resultant angle in the first quadrant (< <). To find , one must refer to the original Cartesian coordinate, determine the quadrant in which lies (for example, (3,−3) [Cartesian] lies in QIV), then use the following to solve for :