Liouville equation

partial differential equation for the that time rate of change of density of points in phase space.

formula	partial differential equation

WikidataQ20180666 ScholiaQ20180666MaRDI QIDQ6674267FDO

Named after

Joseph Liouville

Description (long)

Consider a Hamiltonian dynamical system with canonical coordinates and conjugate momenta. Then the phase space distribution determines the probability that the system will be found in the infinitesimal phase space volume.,
Note the similarity with the quantum Liouville (von Neumann) equation where the Poisson brackets {.,.} are replaced by commutator brackets [.,.]

Formula(s) and Quantities

$\frac{d ρ}{d t} = \frac{\partial ρ}{\partial t} + \sum_{i = 1}^{n} (\frac{\partial ρ}{\partial q_{i}} {\dot{q}}_{i} + \frac{\partial ρ}{\partial p_{i}} {\dot{p}}_{i})$
$H$ represents Hamiltonian function
$ρ$ represents classical density (phase space)
$p$ represents particle momentum
$q$ represents particle position
$t$ represents time

Assumptions

classical approximation

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liouville%27s_equation

Further links

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classical dynamics model	contains
classical time evolution	contains
von Neumann equation	specialized by

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