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The free particle: the complete integral , its characteristics and its canonical labels
Example
Let and let , , be the free-particle Hamiltonian (The Hamiltonian field of a function on a phase domain is , and the Poisson bracket is ), and let , . Then:
- solves the Hamilton-Jacobi equation on and is a complete integral at every point, with (The Hamilton-Jacobi equation and a complete integral of it);
- the Jacobi constants are , so the characteristics are with momentum ; these satisfy , , and is constant along them (A complete integral produces Hamilton characteristics, the Jacobi constants, a local converse and canonical labels);
- on at fixed one has : the pair is canonically conjugate to .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The mass , the free-particle Hamiltonian and the function on .
Partial derivatives (Directional derivatives and partial derivatives of a map ): , , , .
Complete integral and characteristics (The Hamilton-Jacobi equation and a complete integral of it, A complete integral produces Hamilton characteristics, the Jacobi constants, a local converse and canonical labels): a function with and is a complete integral, and the characteristic equations , then satisfy Hamilton's equations, with constant.
Two-form calculus (A phase domain, its canonical one-form and its standard symplectic two-form, The pullback of a differential form, The wedge product of differential forms): on a phase domain with coordinates the standard form is , and is computed from the differentials by bilinearity and alternation.
Verification
By [F1], on ; since , is a complete integral at every point by [F2], proving clause 1.
Clause 2: by [F1], , so for fixed and the characteristic curve is with ; then and , and is constant along the curve by construction.
Clause 3: at fixed , and ; hence , since .
Depends on
The Hamilton-Jacobi equation and a complete integral of it
A complete integral produces Hamilton characteristics, the Jacobi constants, a local converse and canonical labels
The Hamiltonian field of a function on a phase domain is , and the Poisson bracket is
A phase domain, its canonical one-form and its standard symplectic two-form
The pullback of a differential form
The wedge product of differential forms
Euclidean maps and diffeomorphisms
Directional derivatives and partial derivatives of a map
The Jacobian matrix of partial derivatives and the gradient in the scalar-valued case
The total (Fréchet) derivative as the linear first-order approximation with remainder
Intervals of : the nine order-convex forms, nondegeneracy, and length
The metric topology: a set is open when every one of its points has a ball around it inside the set; closed means open complement
Dependency tree · 2 levels
Sources
- D. Tong, Classical Dynamics (University of Cambridge Part II Mathematical Tripos), Section 4.7 (the free particle as the simplest Hamilton-Jacobi example), printed pages 121-126
- D. Cline, Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics (2nd edition, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries, open textbook, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), Section 15.4 (Jacobi's complete integral and worked Hamilton-Jacobi examples)