Hamilton's equations define phase-space velocity (q˙i,p˙i)=(Hpi,−Hqi). Its divergence isThus infinitesimal phase-space volumes are preserved, assuming sufficient differentiability. This is Liouville's theorem; spatial density alone need not be incompressible because the statement concerns the combined coordinate-momentum space.
∑i(∂qiq˙i+∂pip˙i)=∑i(Hqipi−Hpiqi)=0.
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