Jacobi Identity for Poisson Brackets: A Concise Proof

2002/10/31 by R. P. Malik
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.class-ph #hep-th

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published as Phys. Teach. 45 (2003) 10-11 · LaTeX file, 3 pages, version appeared in: Physics Teacher

arxiv created 2004/08/20 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

In view of the recent interest in a short proof of the Jacobi identity for the Poisson-brackets, we provide an alternative simple proof for the same. Our derivation is based on the validity of the Leibnitz rule in the context of dynamical evolution.

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