How Do You Quantize the Hamiltonian for a Particle on a Unit Circle?

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Homework Statement


The Lagrangian of a non-relativistic particle propagating on a unit circle is
<br /> L=\frac{1}{2}\dot{\phi}^{2}<br />

where ϕ is an angle 0 ≤ ϕ < 2π.
(i) Give the Hamiltonian of the theory, and the Poisson brackets of the ca-
nonical variables. Quantize the theory by promoting the Poisson brackets into
commutators, and write the angular momentum operator, L, which is the con-
jugate (momentum) variable of ϕ, in the position representation. Note that in
the position representation
<br /> \hat{\phi}|\phi\rangle=\phi|\phi\rangle\;,\;\langle\phi&#039;|\phi\rangle=\delta(\phi&#039;-\phi)<br />

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3. The attempt
i am stuck on the part where i have to write down L, how do i find its form in the $\phi$ representation? Please help
 
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