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Complete integral of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation

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A complete integral depends on as many independent parameters as configuration coordinates and supplies a locally invertible canonical transformation to constants of motion. For a type-one generating function G(q,Q,t), require a nondegenerate mixed-derivative matrix in the relevant local chart. Solving Gt​+H(q,Gq​,t)=0 makes the transformed Hamiltonian zero, so both new canonical coordinates and new canonical momenta are constant. An arbitrary parameter-deficient solution does not ensure such a transformation.

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