Phase space

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Phase space is the means by which the mechanical problem is converted in to geometry. Phase space, or -space, is a Euclidean space in Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2s} dimensions (i.e. Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle E^{2s}} ), where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle s} is the number of degrees of freedom. Thus our description of our system in terms of positions and velocities now becomes a point in phase space. Changes in our system now trace out a trajectory in phase space. xx3xx