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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 7 2 b Solution by
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Take canonical coordinates and . The Hamiltonian system isIn the standard Hamilton's equations and , its Hamiltonian isAn 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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