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The Hamilton-Jacobi Equations for a Relativistic Charged Particle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. R. Vanstone
J. R. Vanstone*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto and The Summer Research Institute of the Canadian Mathematical Congress
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In the problem of finding the motion of a classical particle one has the choice of dealing with a system of second order ordinary differential equations (Lagrange's equations) or a single first order partial differential equation (the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, henceforth referred to as the H-J equation). In practice the latter method is less frequently used because of the difficulty in finding complete integrals. When these are obtainable, however, the method leads rapidly to the equations of the trajectories. Furthermore it is of fundamental theoretical importance and it provides a basis for quantum mechanical analogues.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , 01 September 1963 , pp. 341 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1963

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