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Phase-space dilation generator

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Classical mechanics Hamiltonian mechanics Poisson bracket
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The function D=q⋅p generates the canonical scaling (q,p)↦(etq,e−tp). An observable F is invariant under this scaling exactly when
{F,D}=q⋅∇q​F−p⋅∇p​F=0.
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