Consider a Hamiltonian system with a time-independent Hamiltonian $H (p, q )$. By the Liouville theorem, the measure $d^np d^nq $ is conserved.
However, one should also notice that the energy is conserved and the system does not evolve in a space, but on a hypersurface, i.e., the energy surface $E = H(p, q)$.
So, what is the invariant measure on the energy surface, if there exists such a measure at all?
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