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'''Hamiltonian''' may refer to:
'''Hamiltonian''' may refer to:
* [[Hamiltonian (function)]] used in [[Classical mechanics]], represents the energy of a system
* [[Hamiltonian mechanics]], a function that represents the total energy of a system
* [[Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)]] used in [[quantum mechanics]], the operator corresponding to the total energy of the system in most of the cases
* [[Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)]], an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system
** [[Dyall Hamiltonian]], a modified Hamiltonian with two-electron nature

** [[Molecular Hamiltonian]], the Hamiltonian operator representing the energy of the electrons and nuclei in a molecule
'''Hamiltonian''' may also refer to:
* [[Hamiltonian (control theory)]], a function used to solve a problem of optimal control for a dynamical system

* [[Hamiltonian path]], a path in a graph that visits each vertex exactly once
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* [[Hamiltonian matrix]], a matrix with certain special properties commonly used in linear algebra
==Physics==
* [[Hamiltonian mechanics]], a formalism of classical mechanics
* [[Hamiltonian group]], a non-abelian group the subgroups of which are all normal
* [[Hamiltonian economic program]], the economic policies advocated by Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury
* [[Hamiltonian constraint]], from any theory that admits a Hamiltonian formulation
* [[Hamiltonian field theory]], a formalism of classical field theory
**[[Hamiltonian density]], function used in Hamiltonian field theory
* [[Hamiltonian system]], a dynamical system governed by Hamilton's equations
* [[Hamiltonian vector field]], a geometric manifestation of Hamilton's equations in classical mechanics

==Mathematics==
* [[Hamiltonian path]] and Hamiltonian cycle, in graph theory
* [[Hamiltonian group]], in group theory
* [[Hamiltonian matrix]], a type of 2n-by-2n matrix
* [[Hamiltonian numbers]] or quaternions, a number system that extends the complex numbers
* [[Hamiltonian (control theory)]], part of Lev Pontryagin's minimum principle

==Other uses==
* [[Hamiltonian economic program]], as put forward by the eighteenth century American politician Alexander Hamilton
*[[Hamiltonian system of instruction]], a system of teaching languages created by Irish language teacher James Hamilton


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Alexander Hamilton]] (1755 or 1757–1804), American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the US
* [[Alexander Hamilton]] (1755 or 1757–1804), American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the US
* [[Dyall Hamiltonian]], a modified Hamiltonian with two-electron nature
* [[Hamilton (disambiguation)]]
* [[Hamilton (disambiguation)]]
* [[Hamiltonian lattice gauge theory]], a calculational approach to gauge theory
* [[Hamiltonian fluid mechanics]], the application of Hamiltonian methods to fluid mechanics
* [[List of things named after William Rowan Hamilton]]
* [[List of things named after William Rowan Hamilton]]
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* [[Molecular Hamiltonian]], the Hamiltonian operator representing the energy of the electrons and nuclei in a molecule
* [[William Rowan Hamilton]] (1805–1865), Irish mathematician


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