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Proper definition of the action-angle variables

I believe that the author of the article confused the notation when talking about the action-angle variables. In particular, the variable $\mathbf {w}$ is generally called the angle and $\mathbf {J}$ is the action. I would like to correct this if there are no objections. Also, one should probably indicate that the derivation holds only for separable $S$ in proper separated coordinates $q_{i}$ . PtolRek (talk) 20:44, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 == Proper definition of the action-angle variables ==
-I believe that the author of the article confused the notation when talking about the action-angle variables. In particular, the variable <math>\mathbf{w}</math> is generally called the '''angle''' and <math>\mathbf{J}</math> is the '''action'''. I would like to correct this if there are no objections.
+I believe that the author of the article confused the notation when talking about the action-angle variables. In particular, the variable <math>\mathbf{w}</math> is generally called the '''angle''' and <math>\mathbf{J}</math> is the '''action'''. I would like to correct this if there are no objections. Also, one should probably indicate that the derivation holds only for separable <math>S</math> in proper separated coordinates <math>q_i</math>.
 [[User:PtolRek|PtolRek]] ([[User talk:PtolRek|talk]]) 20:44, 15 October 2010 (UTC)