Generalized Coordinates
In Lagrangian mechanics, a different set of coordinates are used, called the generalized coordinates. These are commonly denoted as with called the generalized position and the generalized velocity. When a Hamiltonian is defined on the cotangent bundle, then the generalized coordinates are related to the canonical coordinates by means of the Hamilton–Jacobi equations.
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