Canonical Transformations and Hamilton—Jacobi Theory

1990 ◽  
pp. 181-205
Author(s):  
Julian L. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Transformations

Hamiltonian Mechanics

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Coopersmith
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Jacobi Equation ◽  
Modern Theory ◽  
Hamiltonian Mechanics ◽  
Lagrangian Mechanics ◽  
Canonical Transformations ◽  
Canonical Variables ◽  
Light Waves ◽  
Hamilton Jacobi Equation ◽  
Common Action

Hamilton’s genius was to understand what were the true variables of mechanics (the “p − q,” conjugate coordinates, or canonical variables), and this led to Hamilton’s Mechanics which could obtain qualitative answers to a wider ranger of problems than Lagrangian Mechanics. It is explained how Hamilton’s canonical equations arise, why the Hamiltonian is the “central conception of all modern theory” (quote of Schrödinger’s), what the “p − q” variables are, and what phase space is. It is also explained how the famous conservation theorems arise (for energy, linear momentum, and angular momentum), and the connection with symmetry. The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation is derived using infinitesimal canonical transformations (ICTs), and predicts wavefronts of “common action” spreading out in (configuration) space. An analogy can be made with geometrical optics and Huygen’s Principle for the spreading out of light waves. It is shown how Hamilton’s Mechanics can lead into quantum mechanics.

Poisson Brackets & Angular Momentum

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Mann
Keyword(s):  
Generating Functions ◽  
First Integrals ◽  
Lagrangian Mechanics ◽  
Poisson Brackets ◽  
Coordinate Transformations ◽  
Canonical Transformations ◽  
Gauge Transformations ◽  
The Third ◽  
Point Transformations ◽  
Canonical Coordinate

This chapter discusses canonical transformations and gauge transformations and is divided into three sections. In the first section, canonical coordinate transformations are introduced to the reader through generating functions as the extension of point transformations used in Lagrangian mechanics, with the harmonic oscillator being used as an example of a canonical transformation. In the second section, gauge theory is discussed in the canonical framework and compared to the Lagrangian case. Action-angle variables, direct conditions, symplectomorphisms, holomorphic variables, integrable systems and first integrals are examined. The third section looks at infinitesimal canonical transformations resulting from functions on phase space. Ostrogradsky equations in the canonical setting are also detailed.

scholarly journals Canonical transformations for fermions in superanalysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (06) ◽  
pp. 1450009
Author(s):  
Joachim Kupsch
Keyword(s):  
Infinite Number ◽  
Orthogonal Group ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Fock Space ◽  
Continuous Representation ◽  
Canonical Transformations ◽  
Module Extension ◽  
Bogoliubov Transformations

Canonical transformations (Bogoliubov transformations) for fermions with an infinite number of degrees of freedom are studied within a calculus of superanalysis. A continuous representation of the orthogonal group is constructed on a Grassmann module extension of the Fock space. The pull-back of these operators to the Fock space yields a unitary ray representation of the group that implements the Bogoliubov transformations.

The Darboux coordinate system and Holstein–Primakoff representations on Kähler manifolds

2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (10) ◽  
pp. 891-904
Author(s):  
J R Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Coordinate System ◽  
Lie Groups ◽  
Lie Algebra ◽  
Poisson Structure ◽  
Kähler Manifolds ◽  
Coadjoint Orbits ◽  
Kahler Manifolds ◽  
Canonical Transformations ◽  
Kahler Geometry

The Kahler geometry of minimal coadjoint orbits of classical Lie groups is exploited to construct Darboux coordinates, a symplectic two-form and a Lie–Poisson structure on the dual of the Lie algebra. Canonical transformations cast the generators of the dual into Dyson or Holstein–Primakoff representations.PACS Nos.: 02.20.Sv, 02.30.Ik, 02.40.Tt

Generalized canonical transformations for time‐dependent systems

1983 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 2745-2750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Asorey ◽  
José F. Cariñena ◽  
Luis A. Ibort
Keyword(s):  
Time Dependent ◽  
Canonical Transformations
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