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Action-angle Coordinates

Action-angle Coordinates

A semi-casual introduction to Action-angle coordinates in Hamiltonian dynamics.

Adrian Price-Whelan

October 09, 2014
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  1. Integrable systems There exist n independent integrals of motion Motion

    is confined to an n-dimensional manifold In 2n-dimensional phase-space: