Paper 2, Section I, B
Part II, 2020
A particle of mass has position vector in a frame of reference that rotates with angular velocity . The particle moves under the gravitational influence of masses that are fixed in the rotating frame. Explain why the Lagrangian of the particle is of the form
Show that Lagrange's equations of motion are equivalent to
Identify the canonical momentum conjugate to . Obtain the Hamiltonian and Hamilton's equations for this system.