classical mechanics

	TEST ON CLASSICAL MECHANICS

For a given Newtonian dynamical system, the Lagrangian function is unique (up to a "total time derivative").	True False
Hamilton (or Lagrange) equations are just alternative ways of writing the Newton's equations of motion.	True False
Once you have determined forces of a dynamical system, you should be able --in principle-- to find its quantum description.	True False
Maupertuis was a lunatic.	True False
The difference between the Hamilton and the Lagrange equations of motion is that the Hamiltons equations are first order while the Lagrange equations are second order.	True False
Hamiltonian equations live on cotangent bundle while Lagrange equations on a tangent bundle.	True False
There is no Legendre transformation without a Lagrangian.	True False
Hamilton-Jacobi equations concern canonical transformations.	True False
Hilbert's call to geometrize classical mechanics has found answer in terms of symplectic geometry.	True False

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