Causality and Peierls Bracket in Classical Mechanics
Classical Physics
2010-02-17 v1
Abstract
Relation between the Peierls and the Poisson bracket is derived in classical mechanics of time-dependent systems. Equal-time Peierls brackets are seen to be the same as the Poisson brackets in simple cases but a proof for a general Hamiltonian is lacking.
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@article{arxiv.1002.3092,
title = {Causality and Peierls Bracket in Classical Mechanics},
author = {Pankaj Sharan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3092},
year = {2010}
}
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6 pages