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Adrian Price-Whelan
October 09, 2014
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Action-angle Coordinates
A semi-casual introduction to Action-angle coordinates in Hamiltonian dynamics.
Adrian Price-Whelan
October 09, 2014
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ACTION-ANGLE COORDINATES Adrian Price-Whelan
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n second order 2n first order
n=3, 6D phase-space
Integrable systems There exist n independent integrals of motion In
2n-dimensional phase-space:
Integrable systems There exist n independent integrals of motion Motion
is confined to an n-dimensional manifold In 2n-dimensional phase-space:
Integrable systems Bounded motion periodicity
Integrable systems What if…
Integrable systems
Action-angle coords.
Action-angle coords.
Action-angle coords.
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