Kamiltonian

English Etymology en K Hamiltonian; apparently popularised by a jocular comment in the textbook Classical Mechanics (Goldstein book) Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein (first published 1950). "It has been remarked in a jocular vein that if H stands for the Hamiltonian, K must stand for the Kamiltonian! Of course K is every bit as much a Hamiltonian as H, but the designation is occasionally a convenient substitute for the longer term "transformed Hamiltonian"" Pronunciation en /ˌkæmɪlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/ RP en /ˌkæmɪlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ GA en əʊniən 5 Noun en physics Hamiltonian mechanics A second Hamiltonian, denoted by K, resulting from the canonical transformation of a given Hamiltonian. en 2006 Henderson Douglas; Plaschko Peter Stochastic Differential Equations In Science And Engineering World Scientific Publishing https://books.google.com.au/books?id=A-PICgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83&dq=%22Kamiltonian%22%7C%22Kamiltonians%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiryvnC9YHXAhUEEbwKHeOtAyQQ6AEIPTAE#v=onepage&q=%22Kamiltonian%22%7C%22Kamiltonians%22&f=false 83 gives the transformed Hamiltonian (the Kamiltonian). However, it is clear that (2.108) are not the canonical equations corresponding to the Kamiltonian (2.111). en eponyms