For an autonomous Lagrangian, the Euler-Lagrange equation uses
Apply the chain rule to the Hamiltonian along an arbitrary smooth path, without assuming the unforced Euler-Lagrange equation:
Consequently the energy balance for an autonomous Lagrangian is
With explicit time dependence, an additional enters . For ideal Gaussian white noise, the identity is understood through smooth-noise regularization or the Stratonovich chain rule. The original PDF correctly differentiates with respect to in ; the supplied TeX's derivative with respect to , its endpoint , and its ordinary derivative of are transcription errors.
At thermal equilibrium, microscopic reversibility equates the probabilities of a path and its reversed path when both include their Boltzmann distribution initial weights. Denote their endpoint states by , including velocity if needed. Since the Hamiltonian is even under time reversal in classical mechanics,
This detailed balance condition and the energy balance for an autonomous Lagrangian yield
This is the fluctuation-dissipation relation for a Langevin particle: the strength of Gaussian white noise is fixed by the damping and temperature, with the Boltzmann constant.
For an equilibrium coarse-grained variable, the unresolved microscopic states contribute entropy; their statistical weight is encoded in the Helmholtz free energy, rather than in a single microscopic energy. Relative to the same reference measure, , so microscopic reversibility becomes
This extension assumes an equilibrium coarse-grained description with reversible path statistics; externally driven dynamics need not obey this relation.