Solution

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For and ,
The one-dimensional criterion for a canonical transformation therefore gives
For either value, the type-two generating function for a canonical transformation
works, because and ; when , the first equation is equivalent to . For every other , the Poisson bracket is not one and the map is not canonical.

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