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We already know that canonical transformations are useful for solving mechanical problems. We now want to look for a canonical transformation that transforms the 2N coordinates (q i , p i ) to 2N constant values (Q i , P i ), e.g., to the 2N initial values \((q_{i}^{0},p_{i}^{0})\) at time t = 0. Then the problem would be solved, q = q(q 0, p 0, t), p = p(q 0, p 0, t).
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Dittrich, W., Reuter, M. (2016). The Hamilton–Jacobi Equation. In: Classical and Quantum Dynamics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21677-5_7
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