Solution

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The radial action is
With the variable from part b this becomes
Applying the supplied integral twice, with and , and using the root sum and products from parts b and c gives
This is the radial action of the spherical isochrone model. Rearranging,
and squaring yields the Hamiltonian in action-angle variables:
As a check, differentiating this Hamiltonian gives and the frequency ratio found in part c.

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