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Brief layout of strategy:

  1. Write down Lorentz forceLorentz force ${\bf F}$.

  2. Find (velocity-dependent) potential $U$ for ${\bf F}$.

  3. Write down Lagrangian $L$Lagrangian $L=T-U$.

  4. Define the canonical (as opposed to kinetic/mechanical) momentum ${\bf p}:=\frac{\partial L}{\partial{\bf v}}$.

  5. Perform Legendre transformationLegendre transformation ${\bf v}\to {\bf p}$.

  6. Write down Hamiltonian $H$$H={\bf v}\cdot{\bf p}-L$.

Brief layout of strategy:

  1. Write down Lorentz force ${\bf F}$.

  2. Find (velocity-dependent) potential $U$ for ${\bf F}$.

  3. Write down Lagrangian $L$.

  4. Perform Legendre transformation ${\bf v}\to {\bf p}$.

  5. Write down Hamiltonian $H$.

Brief layout of strategy:

  1. Write down Lorentz force ${\bf F}$.

  2. Find (velocity-dependent) potential $U$ for ${\bf F}$.

  3. Write down Lagrangian $L=T-U$.

  4. Define the canonical (as opposed to kinetic/mechanical) momentum ${\bf p}:=\frac{\partial L}{\partial{\bf v}}$.

  5. Perform Legendre transformation ${\bf v}\to {\bf p}$.

  6. Write down Hamiltonian $H={\bf v}\cdot{\bf p}-L$.

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Qmechanic
  • 213.1k
  • 48
  • 590
  • 2.3k

Brief layout of strategy:

  1. Write down Lorentz force ${\bf F}$.

  2. Find (velocity-dependent) potential $U$ for ${\bf F}$.

  3. Write down Lagrangian $L$.

  4. Perform Legendre transformation ${\bf v}\to {\bf p}$.

  5. Write down Hamiltonian $H$.