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= Canonical coordinates
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<Phase space> coordinates are canonical when their <Poisson brackets> have the form $\{q^I,p_J\}=\delta^I_J$, with the position-position and momentum-momentum brackets zero.

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Canonical variables ( $(q^{I}, p_{I})$ )

Canonical pair ( $(q, p)$ )

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Canonical variables ((qI,pI​))

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