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Now we want to look at a completely different approach to solving the equations of motion, and a different type of variables. We must first establish our notation and the equations of motion which underlie this approach.
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Gurfil, P., Seidelmann, P.K. (2016). Canonical Equations. In: Celestial Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Theory and Practice. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 436. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-50370-6_10
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