• In Hamiltonian mechanics, a canonical transformation is a change of canonical coordinates (q, p) → (Q, P) that preserves the form of Hamilton's equations...
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  • In Hamiltonian mechanics, the linear canonical transformation (LCT) is a family of integral transforms that generalizes many classical transforms. It has...
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  • theorem and canonical commutation relations for details. As Hamiltonian mechanics are generalized by symplectic geometry and canonical transformations are generalized...
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  • homogeneous system. The Bogoliubov transformation is an isomorphism of either the canonical commutation relation algebra or canonical anticommutation relation algebra...
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  • which acts as a bridge between two sets of canonical variables when performing a canonical transformation. There are four basic generating functions,...
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    coordinate transformations, called canonical transformations, which map canonical coordinate systems into other canonical coordinate systems. A "canonical coordinate...
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  • published, based upon a stationary phase approximation. Linear canonical transformations are the linear transforms of the time–frequency representation...
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    tightened in the linear canonical transformation, discussed below. From the point of view of the linear canonical transformation, Fresnel diffraction can...
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  • treating S {\displaystyle S} as the generating function for a canonical transformation of the classical Hamiltonian H = H ( q 1 , q 2 , … , q N ; p 1...
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  • {\displaystyle Q=Q(q,p),P=P(q,p)} is a canonical transformation, then the Lagrange bracket is an invariant of the transformation, in the sense that [ u , v ] q...
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  • picture, where Ehrenfest discovered it. In classical mechanics, a canonical transformation of phase space coordinates is one which preserves the structure...
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    such as {x, p} = 1. All transformations of variables which preserve these brackets are allowed as canonical transformations in classical mechanics. Motion...
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  • that they become Fourier transform duals Canonical transformation, in Hamiltonian mechanics Grand canonical ensemble, a probability distribution of microscopic...
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  • of a canonical transform that has now come to be known as the Foldy–Wouthuysen transformation. A brief account of the history of the transformation is to...
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    momenta, conjugate momenta, and canonical momenta). For a time instant t , {\displaystyle t,} the Legendre transformation of L {\displaystyle {\mathcal...
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  • operations, and can also be further generalized into the linear canonical transformation (LCT). An early definition of the FRFT was introduced by Condon...
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  • In computer science, canonicalization (sometimes standardization or normalization) is a process for converting data that has more than one possible representation...
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  • represents a transformation of phase space that is volume-preserving and preserves the symplectic structure of phase space, and is called a canonical transformation...
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  • mirrors, etc. A ray transfer matrix can be regarded as a linear canonical transformation. According to the eigenvalues of the optical system, the system...
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    the time–frequency domain: from the point of view of the linear canonical transformation, the Fourier transform is rotation by 90° in the time–frequency...
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  • every choice leads to a canonical transformation. One simple criterion for a transformation q → Q and p → P to be canonical is the Poisson bracket be...
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  • Fourier Transform, the Laplace transform, and linear canonical transformations. These transformations are used in signal processing, optics, and quantum...
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  • This is a list of some of the most commonly used coordinate transformations. Let ( x , y ) {\displaystyle (x,y)} be the standard Cartesian coordinates...
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    of studying differential equations (e.g. the Legendre transformation or canonical transformation) and describing the 'change of space element', familiar...
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  • called canonical coordinates; transformations between different canonical coordinate systems are known as canonical transformations. The canonical symplectic...
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  • level sets of all first integrals are compact, then there exists a canonical transformation to action-angle coordinates in which the transformed Hamiltonian...
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  • In quantum mechanics, the canonical commutation relation is the fundamental relation between canonical conjugate quantities (quantities which are related...
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  • dispersion relation, and have no resonant interactions. In this case, canonical transformations are applied, with the goal of eliminating terms that are non-interacting...
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  • the subclass of geometric integrators which, by definition, are canonical transformations. They are widely used in nonlinear dynamics, molecular dynamics...
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  • ISBN 978-0-521-76360-8 Janssen, P. A. E. M. (2009). "On some consequences of the canonical transformation in the hamiltonian theory of water waves". J. Fluid Mech. 637:...
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