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Singular Legendre transform of a degree-one velocity Lagrangian

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Classical mechanics Legendre transform in mechanics
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For L=mc∣x˙∣−V(x),
p=mc∣x˙∣x˙​,∣p∣=mc,H=V(x).
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The momentum loses the speed, so the velocity cannot be recovered from (x,p) and the ordinary inverse Legendre transform does not exist.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2024 / ib / Paper 3 / 4C / Solution

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