Solution

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Take canonical coordinates and . The Hamiltonian system is
In the standard Hamilton's equations and , its Hamiltonian is
An arbitrary function of can be added without affecting the characteristic curves. The Hamiltonian generally depends on time through and need not be conserved along a trajectory.

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