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The Extended (or Covariant) Phase Space and Classical Fields

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In Hamiltonian mechanics and the subsequent quantum (particle) mechanics the basic equations remain covariant under canonical transformations (see Chapter 5).

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    Anadijiban Das

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Das, A. (1993). The Extended (or Covariant) Phase Space and Classical Fields. In: The Special Theory of Relativity. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0893-8_7

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