Paper 1, Section II, B
Part II, 2009
Let be a smooth function on a -dimensional phase space with local coordinates . Write down the Hamilton equations with the Hamiltonian given by and state the Arnold-Liouville theorem.
By establishing the existence of sufficiently many first integrals demonstrate that the system of coupled harmonic oscillators with the Hamiltonian
where are constants, is completely integrable. Find the action variables for this system.