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gijoe
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can anyone tell me why the poisson brackets for {x,p} = 1 ..from (dx/dx)(dp/dp) - (dx/dp)(dp/dx)... shouldn this equal 0??
Poisson brackets are a mathematical concept used in classical mechanics to represent the fundamental relationship between physical quantities, such as position and momentum, in a physical system.
Poisson brackets are used to describe the dynamics of a system by quantifying the rate of change of one physical quantity with respect to another. They are particularly useful in Hamiltonian mechanics, where they are used to derive the equations of motion.
The mathematical representation of a Poisson bracket is {A,B} = ∑ᵢ ∂A/∂qᵢ ∂B/∂pᵢ - ∂A/∂pᵢ ∂B/∂qᵢ, where A and B are physical quantities, qᵢ and pᵢ represent the position and momentum variables, and the ∂ symbol represents partial differentiation.
Poisson brackets play a central role in symplectic geometry, which is the mathematical framework used to describe the geometry of classical mechanics. They are used to define the symplectic structure of a phase space, which is a mathematical space that represents all possible states of a physical system.
Poisson brackets are closely related to commutators in quantum mechanics. In fact, in the classical limit, the Poisson bracket of two classical quantities is equal to the commutator of the corresponding quantum operators. This connection allows for the translation of classical equations of motion to their quantum counterparts.