"canonical formalism" meaning in English

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        "(mathematics) A formalism for a physical theory which is based upon the canonical equations of Hamiltonian dynamics."
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        "(mathematics) A formalism for a physical theory which is based upon the canonical equations of Hamiltonian dynamics."
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