Classical Mechanics (Goldstein) · Problem 40

Canonical Transformations — Herbert Goldstein, Charles Poole, John Safko

Physics — Mechanics · canonical-transformations

Problem

Consider a system that consists of a rigid body in three-space with one point fixed. Using cylindrical coordinates find the canonical transformation corresponding to new axes rotating about the zz-axis with an arbitrary time-dependent angular velocity. Verify that your proposed solution is canonical.

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