Canonical transformation conditions[edit]

Canonical transformation relations[edit]

From: , calculate :

Extended Canonical Transformation[edit]

Canonical transformation relations[edit]

By solving for:

The translation where are two constant vectors is a canonical transformation. Indeed, the Jacobian matrix is the identity, which is symplectic: .

Set and , the transformation where is a rotation matrix of order 2 is canonical. Keeping in mind that special orthogonal matrices obey it's easy to see that the Jacobian is symplectic. However, this example only works in dimension 2: is the only special orthogonal group in which every matrix is symplectic. Note that the rotation here acts on and not on and independently, so these are not the same as a physical rotation of an orthogonal spatial coordinate system.

The transformation , where is an arbitrary function of , is canonical. Jacobian matrix is indeed given by

which is symplectic.

History[edit]

The first major application of the canonical transformation was in 1846, by Charles Delaunay, in the study of the Earth-Moon-Sun system. This work resulted in the publication of a pair of large volumes as Mémoires by the French Academy of Sciences, in 1860 and 1867.

Symplectomorphism

Hamilton–Jacobi equation

Liouville's theorem (Hamiltonian)

Mathieu transformation

Linear canonical transformation

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