Any spherically symmetric function of the canonical coordinate and momentum of a particle can depend only on

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Any spherically symmetric function of the canonical coordinate and momentum of a particle can depend only on \(r^{2}, p^{2}\), and \(\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{p}\). Show that the Poisson bracket of any such function \(f\) with a component of the particle's angular momentum is zero. In particular, show that \(\left\{L_{z}, f\right\}=0\), where \(L_{z}=(\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{p})_{z}\).

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Modern Classical Mechanics

ISBN: 9781108834971

1st Edition

Authors: T. M. Helliwell, V. V. Sahakian

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