Physics 220- HW2 and Updates:

Midterm will be given Thursday October 31 at Noon

Today Thursday October 10 we will review material so far this year and work
example problems. As of today we have covered:
P1-24 L&L: Includes Lagrangians and conservation laws
P16,67 Golstein 3rd ed: Including Lagrange undetermined multipliers
Section 40 L&L Hamiltonians
Section 45 L&L Canonical Transformation
Section 47 L&L Hamilton- Jacobi
Section 48 NEXT topic = separation of variables
Section 49 adiabatic invariants
Poison brackets -- later
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Examples for class today:
1- Consider a hoop of radius R that is initially in the x-z plane and its diameter lies
on the ‘z’ axis. It is then forced to rotate about the z axis at constant angular
velocity Ω. Gravity is in the vertical ‘z’direction. Constrained to move on the hoop
is a bead of mass ‘m’ which slides without friction.
a)-Write down the kinetic and potential energy of the bead.
b)-Write down the Lagrangian and Lagrange’s equation of motion.
c)-Write down the Hamiltonian and Hamilton’s equations of motion.
d)-Is the energy of the bead conserved? If so write down the conserved energy. Is
the energy = KE+V?
e)-Write down the Hamilton-Jacobi eqtn for the bead.

2- Find a generating function for the below canonical transformation.

Q1 = q12
Q2 = q2 / cos p2
p1 cos p2 − 2q2
P1 =
2q1 cos p2
P2 = sin p2 − 2q1
New coordinates and momenta on the left ; old coordinates/momenta on the
right.
3)- A particle of mass ‘m’ moves inside a potential well where V=A|x|.Find the
adiabatic invariant of the motion. Write down the Hamilton Jacobi Eqtn and solve
for the generating function W that solves the H-J eqtn.
Physics 220-HW-2 Fall 2019; Due October 15, 2019
1)- A point mass “m” is constrained to move [without friction} on a hoop with
moment of inertia “I” and radius “R”. The hoop can rotate about the vertical.
Include gravity. Write down the Lagrangian and the Hamiltonian. Find the
equilibrium position(s) and the frequencies of small oscillation about the
equilibrium position(s).
2)- Find the generating function of a canonical transformation that converts:
1 2 2 1 2
𝐻= 𝜔 𝑞 + 𝑝
2 2
Into
𝐾 = 𝑖𝜔𝑃𝑄
3)-Goldstein 3rd ed page 425 # 23; “By any method you choose..”
4)- Goldstein 3rd ed. Page 426 #25 “The Hamiltonian for a system..”
5)- Mathematical physics problem: for the below Hamiltonian find the adiabatic
invariants of the motion::

H = [ p 2 / 2m] + G tan 2 x