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snatchingthepi
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So I'm studying for my CM final and in looking over the section on ignorable coordinates and generalized momenta I come across the definition for conjugate momentum [tex]p_{i} = \frac{\partial L}{\partial \dot{q_{i}}}[/tex]
My question is simple - why is it called 'conjugate'? I just never really thought to question to the name.
My question is simple - why is it called 'conjugate'? I just never really thought to question to the name.