Arnol’d’s transformation—An example of a generalized canonical transformation
Daniel R. Stump
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Daniel R. Stump
Abstract
The duality transformation described by Arnol’d, which relates the orbits for different central potentials through a change of variables, is shown to be an example of a generalized canonical transformation, in an extended phase space that includes time as a dynamical variable.
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The duality transformation described by Arnol’d, which relates the orbits for different central potentials through a change of variables, is shown to be an example of a generalized canonical transformation, in an extended phase space that includes time as a dynamical variable.
Key concepts: Transformation (genetics), Canonical transformation, Mathematics, Duality (order theory), Phase space, Pure mathematics, Space (punctuation), Canonical coordinates