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As discussed in Chapters 4, 5, the algebra of canonical variables with the (Lie) product defined by the Poisson bracket provides the general structure for the formulation of Hamiltonian classical mechanics and may be considered as its backbone.
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Strocchi, F. (2018). *The common Poisson algebra of classical and quantum mechanics. In: A Primer of Analytical Mechanics. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73761-4_7
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