Paper 4, Section I, A
Part II, 2012
Consider a one-dimensional dynamical system with generalized coordinate and momentum .
(a) Define the Poisson bracket of two functions and .
(b) Find the Poisson brackets and .
(c) Assuming Hamilton's equations of motion prove that
(d) State the condition for a transformation to be canonical in terms of the Poisson brackets found in (b). Use this to determine whether or not the following transformations are canonical:
(i) ,
(ii) ,
where is constant.