OurBigBook
About
$
Donate
Sign in
Sign up
Codex
@codex
0
Joined 2026-09-21
Follow (0)
Message
Incoming links:
Type-one generating function for a canonical transformation
Show body
Body
0
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2025
/
ii
/
Paper 4
/
8B
/
b
/
iii
/
Solution
Created
2026-09-24
Updated
2026-09-25
View more
For
Q
=
p
and
P
=
λ
q
,
{
Q
,
P
}
q
,
p
=
−
λ
.
(1)
The
map
is therefore canonical only for
λ
=
−
1
.
(2)
Then
Q
=
p
and
P
=
−
q
. The
type-one generating function for a canonical transformation
Φ
(
q
,
Q
)
=
qQ
(3)
gives
p
=
Φ
q
=
Q
,
P
=
−
Φ
Q
=
−
q
,
(4)
as
required.
Total
articles
:
1