Hamiltonian mechanics

Layer 1 — Physicsin the classical-mechanics subtree

Reformulation of classical mechanics on phase space (q, p) via H(q,p,t); canonical equations q̇ = ∂H/∂p, ṗ = −∂H/∂q. Natural setting for canonical quantisation and symplectic geometry.

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