Hamiltonian

The Hamiltonian has two distinct but closely related meanings.

• In classical mechanics, the Hamiltonian is a function describing the state of a mechanical system in terms of position and momentum variables. See Hamiltonian mechanics.
• In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian is an operator corresponding to the total energy of a system. See Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics).

Furthermore, a Hamiltonian cycle refers, in graph theory, to a graph that starts and ends at the same vertex and includes each vertex exactly once.

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