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Not So Classical Mechanics – Unexpected Constants of the Motion
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Canadian Journal of Physics
Volume
83
Publication Date
2005
First Page
91
Last Page
138
Arxiv Identifier
arXiv:physics/0511054v1
Abstract
A survey of topics of recent interest in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems, including accessible discussions of regularization of the central force problem; inequivalent Lagrangians and Hamiltonians; constants of central force motion; a general discussion of higher-order Lagrangians and Hamiltonians with examples from Bohmian quantum mechanics, the Korteweg-de Vries equation and the logistic equation; gauge theories of Newtonian mechanics; classical spin, Grassmann numbers, and pseudomechanics.
Recommended Citation
Wheeler, J. T., Not so classical mechanics – unexpected constants of the motion, Einstein Centennial Review Article, invited review, Canadian Journal of Physics, Vol 83 (February, 2005) pp 91 - 138.
https://doi.org/10.1139/p05-003
Comments
Invited review published by the National Research Council Press in Canadian Journal of Physics. PDF of author post print available for download through link above.