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Analogy with Classical Mechanics

In classical mechanics, the total time derivative of a physical quantity is given as[1] :

This bears striking resemblance to the Ehrenfest Theorem. It implies that a physical quantity is conserved if its Poisson Bracket with the Hamiltonian is zero and it does not depend on time explicitly. This condition in classical mechanics is very similar to the condition in quantum mechanics for the conservation of an observable (as implied by Ehrenfest Theorem:Poisson bracket is replaced by commutator)

  1. ^ Poole, Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. (2001). Classical mechanics, 3e (3rd. ed. ed.). United States: PEARSON EDUC (HIGHER ED GRP)(BOX 70632) (NJ). p. 396. ISBN 0201657023. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)