Answer to Question #87765 in Classical Mechanics for Sridhar

Question

For the conservation of energy of a system,
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian do not
depend explicitly on
(A) momentum
(B) position
(C) Mass
(D) Time

Answer 1

Conservation of energy of a system is a consequence of Hamilton's principle in which the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian does not depend explicitly on time.

Answer: (D) Time