I asked a more general question earlier about the Routhian, but I'm still having trouble working with it. Here's my specific case. Given the following Lagrangian:
L=(1/2)m(˙r2+r2˙ϕ2sin2θ0)−mgrcos(θ0),
I obtained the corresponding Routhian:
R=(1/2)pϕ˙ϕ−(1/2)m˙r2+mgrcosθ0.
I'm being asked to do the following: obtain the Hamilton equation of motion for pϕ, show that it's constant in time and find its initial value, obtain the Lagrange equation of motion for r from the Routhian, and obtain the Hamiltonian
When I try to do the first part (obtain the Hamilton e.o.m.) I get ∂R/∂pϕ=(1/2)˙ϕ which doesn't show that it's constant in time or that angular momentum is conserved, which I think is what we're trying to show here. What am I doing wrong? Also, how can I obtain the Lagrange e.o.m. for r using the Routhian? Do I just take
ddt∂R∂˙r−∂R∂r=0,
since r appears in the Routhian and plug in r=r0 to find the initial value? Similarly, how do I go about obtaining the Hamiltonian from the Routhian?
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