 Action variable (source code)

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= Action variable

With angle period $2\pi$, the action is the enclosed phase-space area divided by $2\pi$:
$$
I=(2\pi)^{-1}\oint p\,dq.
$$

This is the action component of <action-angle variables>, rather than the entire coordinate construction.

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