Making hidden symmetries obvious

Authors

  • G.F. Torres del Castillo
  • J.L. Calvario Acócal

Keywords:

Hidden symmetries, Hamiltonian formalism

Abstract

It is shown that the Hamiltonian of a particle in a uniform gravitational field which possesses a constant of motion not related to transformations in the configuration space, can be expressed in a system of canonical coordinates such that a maximal set of independent constants of motion follows from the existence of ignorable coordinates.

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Published

2008-01-01

How to Cite

[1]
G. Torres del Castillo and J. Calvario Acócal, “Making hidden symmetries obvious”, Rev. Mex. Fís., vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 127–0, Jan. 2008.

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Vol. 54 No. 2 (2008): Revista Mexicana de Física.

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