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 +  * [[https://​core.ac.uk/​download/​pdf/​4887416.pdf|Lectures on Mechanics]] by Marsden
   * See page 471 in Road to Reality by R. Penrose, page 167 in Geometric Methods of Mathematical Physics by B. Schutz and http://​philsci-archive.pitt.edu/​2362/​1/​Part1ButterfForBub.pdf. ​   * See page 471 in Road to Reality by R. Penrose, page 167 in Geometric Methods of Mathematical Physics by B. Schutz and http://​philsci-archive.pitt.edu/​2362/​1/​Part1ButterfForBub.pdf. ​
   * For some more backinfo why there is a symplectic structure in classical mechanics, have a look at https://​johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/​2012/​01/​23/​classical-mechanics-versus-thermodynamics-part-2/​   * For some more backinfo why there is a symplectic structure in classical mechanics, have a look at https://​johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/​2012/​01/​23/​classical-mechanics-versus-thermodynamics-part-2/​
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 a ‘Hamiltonian’ $$H : T^* Q \to \mathbb{R}$$ or a ‘Lagrangian’ $$L : T Q \to \mathbb{R}$$ a ‘Hamiltonian’ $$H : T^* Q \to \mathbb{R}$$ or a ‘Lagrangian’ $$L : T Q \to \mathbb{R}$$
  
-Instead, we started with Hamilton’s principal function $$S : Q \to \mathbb{R}$$ where $Q$ is not the usual configuration space describing possible positions for a particle, but the ‘extended’ configuration space, which also includes time. Only this way do Hamilton’s equations, like the [[equations:​maxwell_relations|Maxwell relations]],​ become a trivial consequence of the fact that partial derivatives commute.+Instead, we started with Hamilton’s principal function $$S : Q \to \mathbb{R}$$ where $Q$ is not the usual configuration space describing possible positions for a particle, but the ‘extended’ configuration space, which also includes time. Only this way do Hamilton’s equations, like the [[formulas:​maxwell_relations|Maxwell relations]],​ become a trivial consequence of the fact that partial derivatives commute.
  
 <​cite>​https://​johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/​2012/​01/​23/​classical-mechanics-versus-thermodynamics-part-2/</​cite>​ <​cite>​https://​johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/​2012/​01/​23/​classical-mechanics-versus-thermodynamics-part-2/</​cite>​
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