How to determine what is conserved given a hamilitonian

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Homework Statement


Given the Hamiltonian's determine what quantities are conserved. These are labeled H1 and H2 in the picture.

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The relevant equations are q'=dH/dp and p'=-dH/dq

The Attempt at a Solution


My attempt is below
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ignore the negative sign for q' in H2
 
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Well, looks fine. But, in second problem, one of the \dot{P}_i should be positive and so the total momentum variation will be zero.
 
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