 Action-angle variables (source code)

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= Action-angle variables
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= Action-angle coordinates
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For a one-degree-of-freedom closed orbit, action-angle coordinates make the Hamiltonian a function $H(I)$ and give $\dot I=0$, $\dot\phi=dH/dI$.

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