Asynchronous Activity Consider a particle of mass m moving freely in a conservative freely in a conservative force field whose potential function is U. Find the Hamiltonian function, and show that the canonical equations of motion reduce to Newton's equations. (Use rectangular coordinates).

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Asynchronous Activity
Consider a particle of mass m moving freely in a
conservative freely in a conservative force field whose
potential function is U. Find the Hamiltonian function,
and show that the canonical equations of motion reduce
to Newton's equations. (Use rectangular coordinates).
Transcribed Image Text:Asynchronous Activity Consider a particle of mass m moving freely in a conservative freely in a conservative force field whose potential function is U. Find the Hamiltonian function, and show that the canonical equations of motion reduce to Newton's equations. (Use rectangular coordinates).
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