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    Hamiltonian for classical harmonic oscillator

    I am working through Leonard Susskinds 'the theoretical minimum' and one of the exercises is to show that H=ω/2(p^2+q^2). The given equations are H=1/2mq(dot)^2 + k/2q^2, mq(dot)=p and ω^2=k/m. q is a generalisation of the space variable x, and (dot) is the time derivative if this helps...
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