A Question about Phase Space

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Phase space can indeed be divided into distinct regions that do not overlap, allowing for the conservation of physical quantities within each region. Not all states are accessible from every initial condition, indicating that trajectories may reflect local conservation principles. This concept ties into topology, suggesting a broader mathematical framework. An example provided involves a particle in a potential field, illustrating how the phase space can be segmented into two separate pieces based on the sign of position. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for analyzing system behaviors in physics.
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Can Phase Space be break down into different regions, different regions that are not mixed up with one another, if we do so, the different regions can raise to any conservation of physical quantity?
 
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The phase space is the set of all possible states of the system... along with the rules for moving from one state to the next.
It may be that not all states will be available to every initial condition.

It is possible that the trajectories are manifestations of a conservation principle that acts locally to a region in the phase space.
But this is a pretty general topic ... part of the field of topology iirc. Did you have any particular kind of phase space in mind?
 
just consider a particle in the field with potential ##V(x)=e^x+1/x##. The phase space consists of two pieces ##\{(x,\dot x)\mid x>0\}## and ##\{(x,\dot x)\mid x<0\}##
 
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