Kamiltonian

Meaning

Noun

• A second Hamiltonian, denoted by K, resulting from the canonical transformation of a given Hamiltonian.

Origin

• ; apparently popularised by a jocular comment in the textbook Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein (first published 1950).
• "It has been remarked in a jocular vein that if H stands for the Hamiltonian, K must stand for the Kamiltonian! Of course K is every bit as much a Hamiltonian as H, but the designation is occasionally a convenient substitute for the longer term "transformed Hamiltonian""