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One obtains thus a parametric representation of the family of integral curves of the
system (21.1.22). The initial positions of the corresponding representative point will be
on the curve
0
C (to obtain the considered tube), given by (21.1.29); we obtain thus the
equations (21.1.32). For any
= constμ we find a point on each generating trajectory
and a corresponding closed curve (with
≤≤0 lλ ). The integral I becomes a function
of
μ ; imposing the condition that I be an invariant by passing from a curve C to
another closed curve along the tube, we write
=d0I (we differentiate with respect to
μ ). Differentiating with respect to μ under the integral sign, it results
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δ+ δ− δ+ δ =
∫
0
dd(dd)0
ii i i
C
pq p q Ht H t
v
;
by permutation of the operators
δdand
(the first one represents the differentiation
with respect to
μ , while the second one represents the differentiation with respect to
λ ) and integrating by parts, we obtain (the integrated term vanishes on a closed
contour)
()
()
δ−δ − δ+δ
∂∂
⎡⎛ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞ ⎤
=+δ+−+δ+−+δ=
⎜⎟⎜ ⎟
⎢⎥
∂∂
⎣⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎦
∫
∫
dddd
d
d0,
d
ii ii
C
iiii
C
ii
pq pq Ht Ht
HHH
pqqp Ht
qpt
χ
μ
v
v
because
∂∂
δ= δ+ δ+δ
∂∂
ii
ii
HH
HqpHt
qp
.
Taking into account (21.1.22), we obtain
()
∂∂
⎡⎛ ⎞ ⎛ ⎞ ⎤
+δ+−+δ+−+δ =
⎜⎟⎜ ⎟
⎢⎥
∂∂
⎣⎝ ⎠ ⎝ ⎠ ⎦
∫
d
d0
d
iiii
C
ii
HHH
PqQp Ht
qpt
χ
μ
v
;
the integrand must be an exact differential with the arbitrary factor
χ
, which is
possible only if the brackets vanish, being thus led to the equations (21.1.22') (we
obtain also
=d/dHtH
, result which is – in fact – a consequence of the canonical
equations). We can thus state
Theorem 21.1.7 If the system of differential equations (21.1.22) admits the relative
invariant (21.1.31), then this system is canonical.
Hence, the Poincaré-Cartan integral invariant can be stated at the basis of
Hamiltonian mechanics, because it leads us to the canonical equations.
We notice that in this integral invariant the time plays the rôle of a co-ordinate and
−H (the mechanical energy with changed sign) plays the rôle of a generalized
momentum; the mentioned analogy is particularly useful.
Indeed, introducing the new function
=− (, ;)zHqpt, we can calculate
=−
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( , ,..., , , , ,..., ; )
ss
pKqqqzpppt, so that the integral (21.1.31) becomes