Gauge transformations are canonical transformations, redux
Classical Physics
2014-09-03 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
In this short note we return to the old paper by Tai L. Chow (Eur. J. Phys. 18 (1997), 467-468) and correct its erroneous final part. We also note that the main result of that paper, that gauge transformations of mechanics are canonical transformations, was known much earlier.
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@article{arxiv.1409.0692,
title = {Gauge transformations are canonical transformations, redux},
author = {Z. K. Silagadze},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.0692},
year = {2014}
}
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