Physics601Homework4DueFridayOctober1

Goldstein:9.7,9.25

Inaddition:

1. Thisproblemusestheresultinproblem2ofhomework3inthecontextofa6
dimensionphasespaceassociatedwithasingleparticlein3dimensions.The
canonicalvariablesare x, y,z, px , py , pz .Inthisproblemvarioustransformations
withclearphysicalmeaningsareproposed.Statethephysicalmeaning,showthat
theyarecanonicalandfindthegeneratorofthetransformation(asdefinedinin

(;)

= [ ,g]PB given
problem2ofhomework3)andshowitsatisfiestherelation

inproblem2ofhomework3.Inalloftheseisaconstant.

X = x +
X = x cos() + y sin()
X=x
X = (1+ )x

Y=y
Y = x sin() + y cos()
Y=y
Y = (1+ )y

Z=z
Px = px
Py = py
Pz = pz

Z=z
Px = px cos() + py sin()
Py = px sin() + py cos()
Pz = pz

Z=z
Px = px +
Py = py
Pz = pz

Z = (1+ )z
Px = (1+ )1 px

Py = (1+ )1 py
Pz = (1+ )1 pz

a.

b.

c.

2. Showthatifaoneparameterfamilyoftimeindependentcanonical
transformationsleavestheHamiltonianinvariantanditsgeneratorhasnoexplicit
timedependencethenitsgeneratorisconserved.Thatisgivenacanonical

transformation (;) with H( (;)) = H() andwithgasagenerator

(;)
= [ ,g]PB thengisconserved.

3. Inproblem1ofHW2weshowedanexplicitexampleofaconservedquantity
whichwasnotassociatedwithapointtransformation.Usetheresultshownabove
inproblem2toshowthattheconservedquantityisassociatedwithafamilyof
canonicaltransformationsbyexplicitlyconstructingthefamilyoftransformations.

4. Considerthecanonicaltransformationforasystemwithonedegreeoffreedom
P 2t
generatedby: F 2 (q,P,t) = (q + 12 gt 2 )(P " m g t) "
.
2m
a. Findtheexplicitformforthecanonicaltransform.
b. VerifythatitsatisfiesthecanonicalPoissonbracketrelations.

!
Fortheremainderofthisproblemconsiderparticlemovinginonedimensionina
constantgravitationalfield L(q, q ) = 12 mq 2 mgq .
dQ
dA
A
= 0 and
= [A,H]PB +
c. UsethefactthatforanyA,
toshowthat
dt
t
dt
dP
= 0 .
dt
d. Partc.impliesthatKtheHamiltonianassociatedwithQ,Pmustbezeroup

!
toapossiblytimedependentconstantindependentofQ,P.Showfromthe
"F 2 (q,P,t)
explicitformof
thatthisisinfactthecase.
!
"t
e. WhatisthephysicalinterpretationofQ,P.
f. Showthat F 2 (q,P,t) satisfiesaHamiltonJacobiequation:
F 2 F 2
H q, ! +
= 0 .
q t
g. Introducethefunction
f (Q,P,t) = F 2 (q(Q,P,t),P,t) .Showthat

f (Q,P,t)
= L(q(Q,P,t), q (Q,P,t)) .
t

S(q, P )
= 0 where
5. InclasswederivedtheHamiltonJacobiequation H q, S(q, P ) +

Q
P isaconstantofthemotion.Deriveananalogusexpression

S (Q, p)

H p S (Q, p), p) +
= 0 where Q isaconstantofthemotionandthetildeis
t

on S todistinguishitfromS.