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By employing special solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation and tools from lattice theories, we suggest an approach to convert classical theories to quantum theories for mechanics and field theories. Some nontrivial results are obtained…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-08-07 Zhi-Qiang Guo , Ivan Schmidt

Classical mechanics admits multiple equivalent formulations, from Newton's equations to the variational Lagrange-Hamilton framework and the scalar Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) theory. In the HJ formulation, classical ensembles evolve through the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Yong Zhang

Adaptation of the Hamilton--Jacobi formalism to quantum mechanics leads to a cocycle condition, which is invariant under $D$--dimensional M\"obius transformations with Euclidean or Minkowski metrics. In this paper we aim to provide a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-20 Alon E. Faraggi , Marco Matone

Canonical transformations using the idea of quantum generating functions are applied to construct a quantum Hamilton-Jacobi theory, based on the analogy with the classical case. An operator and a c-number forms of the time-dependent quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jung-Hoon Kim , Hai-Woong Lee

The Hamilton-Jacobi equation on metric spaces has been studied by several authors; following the approach of Gangbo and Swiech, we show that the final value problem for the Hamilton-Jacobi equation has a unique solution even if we add a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-03 Ugo Bessi

The aim of this paper is to understand the relation between the canonical Hamilton-Jacobi equation for Maxwell's electrodynamics, which is an equation with variational derivatives for a functional of field configurations, and the covariant…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-01 Monika E. Pietrzyk , Cécile Barbachoux , Joseph Kouneiher

We extend some aspects of the Hamilton-Jacobi theory to the category of stochastic Hamiltonian dynamical systems. More specifically, we show that the stochastic action satisfies the Hamilton-Jacobi equation when, as in the classical…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-06-06 Joan-Andreu Lázaro-Camí , Juan-Pablo Ortega

As a continuation of Rabei et al. work [11], the Hamilton- Jacobi partial differential equation is generalized to be applicable for systems containing fractional derivatives. The Hamilton- Jacobi function in configuration space is obtained…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Eqab M. Rabei , Bashar S. Ababneh

Studying the behaviour of a quantum field in a classical, curved, spacetime is an extraordinary task which nobody is able to take on at present time. Independently by the fact that such problem is not likely to be solved soon, still we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-06 R. Di Criscienzo , L. Vanzo , S. Zerbini

We present qualitative and quantitative homogenization results for pathwise Hamilton-Jacobi equations with "rough" multiplicative driving signals. When there is only one such signal and the Hamiltonian is convex, we show that the equation,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-08-15 Benjamin Seeger

The geometric formulation of Hamilton--Jacobi theory for systems with nonholonomic constraints is developed, following the ideas of the authors in previous papers. The relation between the solutions of the Hamilton--Jacobi problem with the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-15 J. F. Cariñena , X. Gracia , G. Marmo , E. Martinez , M. C. Muñoz-Lecanda , N. Roman-Roy

The Hamiltonian treatment of constrained systems in $G\ddot{u}ler's$ formalism leads us to the total differential equations in many variables. These equations are integrable if the corresponding system of partial differential equations is a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Dumitru Baleanu , Yurdahan Guler

We show there exists an exact and continuous gauge transformation between the Hamilton-Jacobi equation of classical mechanics, and the time-dependent Schrodinger equation of quantum mechanics. The transformation parameter is spin-dependent,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 James R. Bogan

The Hamilton-Jacobi equation in the sense of Poincar\'e, i.e. formulated in the extended phase space and including regularization, is revisited building canonical transformations with the purpose of Hamiltonian reduction. We illustrate our…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2014-02-14 Sebastián Ferrer , Martin Lara

In this work we show how to complete some Hamilton-Jacobi solutions of linear, nonconservative classical oscillatory systems which appeared in the literature and we extend these complete solutions to the quantum mechanical case. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-07 A. de Souza Dutra , R. A. C. Correa , P. H. R. S. Moraes

The numerical version of the Hamilton-Jacobi quantization method, recently proposed, is applied to the one dimensional quartic oscillator. A suitable quantization condition is formulated and various energy levels and wave functions are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-28 Mario Fusco Girard

We extend Hamilton-Jacobi theory to Lagrange-Dirac (or implicit Lagrangian) systems, a generalized formulation of Lagrangian mechanics that can incorporate degenerate Lagrangians as well as holonomic and nonholonomic constraints. We refer…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-09-13 Melvin Leok , Tomoki Ohsawa , Diana Sosa

We discuss the relation between the canonical Hamilton-Jacobi theory and the De Donder-Weyl Hamilton-Jacobi theory known in the calculus of variations using the examples of a scalar field in curved space-time and general relativity. By…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-01 N. Riahi , M. E. Pietrzyk

An ordinary unambiguous integral representation for the finite propagator of a quantum system is found by starting of a privileged skeletonization of the functional action in phase space, provided by the complete solution of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rafael Ferraro

In 1834-1835, Hamilton published two papers that revolutionized classical mechanics. In these papers, he introduced the Hamilton-Jacobi equation, Hamilton's equations of motion and the principle of least action. These three formulations of…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-08-30 David J. Tannor