The hamiltonian

The Hamiltonian, H((r1,...,r3N,p1,...,p3N)) is a phase function.

The equation of motion:

This equation guarantees that trajectories don't intersect.

A separable Hamiltonian

can be separated into a sum of potential and kinetic energy.

A dynamics is invertible, left, if any point in phasespace is the image of a single point in phasespace. The dynamics is non-invertible, right, if the motion transforms two different points into a single point in phasespace.

Time-reversal symmetry causes microscopic reversibility, wrs = wsr.

Symplectic transformation


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Author Per Stoltze stoltze@fysik.dtu.dk