Example 3.10: Time independence of Jacobi determinant Prove Liouvilles theorem by verification of the time independence of

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Example 3.10: Time independence of Jacobi determinant Prove Liouville’s theorem by verification of the time independence of the Jacobi determinant J under infinitesimal contact transformations Q = q+ ˙qδt, P = p+ ˙pδt. [Hint: Start from dQdP =

Jdqdp, and prove that dJ/dt = 0].

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Basics Of Statistical Physics

ISBN: 9789811256097

3rd Edition

Authors: Harald J W Muller-Kirsten

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