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Science > Physics |
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"Pavel Pokorny" |
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15 Mar 2006 07:30:14 AM |
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Origin of p and q in H(q,p)? |
Dear Physics friends,
can you, please, tell me where does
the name q for the generalized coordinate and
the name p for the generalized momentum
in the Hamiltonian H(q,p) come from?
Is it the first letter of a latin/greek/german/english word?
Or after a person?
Thanks for any help
--
Pavel Pokorny
Math Dept, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
http://www.vscht.cz/mat/Pavel.Pokorny
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| User: "Ken Muldrew" |
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| Title: Re: Origin of p and q in H(q,p)? |
15 Mar 2006 02:06:39 PM |
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Pavel Pokorny <Pavel.Pokorny@vscht.RemoveMe.MeToo.cz> wrote:
Dear Physics friends,
can you, please, tell me where does
the name q for the generalized coordinate and
the name p for the generalized momentum
in the Hamiltonian H(q,p) come from?
Look up the following thread from last year:
http://groups.google.ca/group/sci.physics/msg/3a868ae8218a4bca?dmode=source&hl=en
Ken Muldrew
kmuldrezw@ucalgazry.ca
(remove all letters after y in the alphabet)
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