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Past exam of the classical mechanics course of the University of Oxford 2023 3 a v Solution by
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Since is a conserved quantity, the Hamiltonian energy balance gives . Since is a conserved quantity, . Take an explicit partial derivative with respect to time, holding the phase space coordinates fixed:The last Poisson bracket vanishes because . ThusThis is the time derivative of a conserved quantity for an autonomous Hamiltonian. The conservation hypotheses are understood to hold for every trajectory, as identities on phase space.
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