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    Physics 601 Homework 3 Due Friday September 24: L X× P Where L

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    This homework assignment involves solving physics problems from Goldstein and proving properties of angular momentum and canonical transformations. Students are asked to: 1) Solve problems from Goldstein on angular momentum 2) Prove properties of the angular momentum operator using Poisson brackets, including that it satisfies the Lie algebra and commutes with scalar functions 3) Show that a one-parameter family of transformations satisfies canonical Poisson brackets if its generator satisfies the same form as the Hamiltonian 4) Demonstrate that time evolution of phase space under a Hamiltonian is a canonical transformation

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    This homework assignment involves solving physics problems from Goldstein and proving properties of angular momentum and canonical transformations. Students are asked to: 1) Solve problems from Goldstein on angular momentum 2) Prove properties of the angular momentum operator using Poisson brackets, including that it satisfies the Lie algebra and commutes with scalar functions 3) Show that a one-parameter family of transformations satisfies canonical Poisson brackets if its generator satisfies the same form as the Hamiltonian 4) Demonstrate that time evolution of phase space under a Hamiltonian is a canonical transformation

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    This homework assignment involves solving physics problems from Goldstein and proving properties of angular momentum and canonical transformations. Students are asked to: 1) Solve problems from Goldstein on angular momentum 2) Prove properties of the angular momentum operator using Poisson brackets, including that it satisfies the Lie algebra and commutes with scalar functions 3) Show that a one-parameter family of transformations satisfies canonical Poisson brackets if its generator satisfies the same form as the Hamiltonian 4) Demonstrate that time evolution of phase space under a Hamiltonian is a canonical transformation

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    Physics601Homework3DueFridaySeptember24

    Goldsteinproblems8.1,8.6,8.9,8.26,8.23

    Inaddition:

    1. Foraparticlein3dimensionstheangularmomentumoperatorisgivenby

    L = x p where x and p satisfyarecanonical(i.e.theysatisfythecanonical


    Poissonbracketrelations.
    a. Showthat [Li ,L j ]PB = ijk Lk wherei,j,ktakeonthevaluesx,y,z.(Note
    thatthisisisomorphictothecommutatorsfortheangular

    momentuminquantummechanics.Forthosewithmathematically
    inclinations,thisistheLiealgebraSO(3).)

    b. Showthat [ L,L2 ]PB = 0 (thatisthat [Li ,L2 ]PB = 0 foralli)where



    L2 = L L .
    c. Showthat [ L, f (r)]PB = 0 wherefisanarbitraryfunctionand

    r= x x .

    Notethatpartsb.&c.reflectadeeperresult
    [
    L
    ,s]PB = 0 foranyscalars.This

    reflectsthefactthattheangularmomentumisthegeneratorofrotations.

    2. Labelourcanonicalvariablesbyaphasespacevector

    q1

    q2
    ...

    qn
    =
    whichsatisfiescanonicalPoissonbrackets [i , j ]PB = J ij
    p1

    p2
    ...


    pn1

    nowsupposethatthereisaoneparametercontinuousfamilyof

    canonicaltransformationsdependingononeparameter : (;) .

    a. Showthat (;) satisfies [ i , j ]PB = J ij ifitsatisfiestheconditions

    d i

    = [ i ,g]PB with (;0) = forsomeg.Notethatthisisthesame


    d

    formasusualHamiltoniantimewithtreplacedby
    andHreplaced

    byg.Thefunctiongiscalledthegeneratorofthetransformation.

    b. ThetimeevolutionofthephasespacepositionunderHamiltonian
    givesatransformationfromaninitialpointinphasespacetoa

    subsequentone.Thatis (t) isreallyafunctionthetimeandthe



    initialconditions: (0 ,t) .Notethattheinitialconditionsareasetof
    phasespacevariablewhicharecanonical.Nowletmedefinea

    canonicaltransformation

    (,T) whichhasthesamefunctional


    relationas
    (0 ,t) .Thatis (,T) correspondstothevaluethepoint

    inphasespacethatanypointinphasespaceevolvesintofrom a

    timeTlater.Usingparta)showthatforanyT,
    ( ,T) satisfiesthe

    canonicalPoissionbracketrelationwithHactingasthegeneratorof

    timetranslations.

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