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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 4 15B c i Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
For , Hamilton's equations giveThus and . The Poisson bracket is , so the transformation is canonical for every . A type-2 generator isIndeed , , and the transformed Hamiltonian is , as expected because are constants of motion.
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