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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 140 4 c Solution by
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Write the exact differential form as and take the cotangent fiber translation family . Its generating vector field is vertical and in local coordinates isWith and the Hamiltonian vector field convention from Question 3,Thus is a Hamiltonian isotopy and is a Hamiltonian diffeomorphism. The local flow is explicitly defined for every real , regardless of compactness. With the alternative convention , the same family is generated by .
The definition in the question does not require compact support for the Hamiltonian function; the displayed Hamiltonian diffeomorphism uses that definition.
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