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totalEnergy

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  98noncomputable def totalEnergy (m : ℝ) (V : ℝ → ℝ) (γ : ℝ → ℝ) (t : ℝ) : ℝ :=

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  99  standardHamiltonian m V (γ t) (conjugateMomentum m γ t)
 100
 101/-- **Energy conservation along a Newtonian trajectory.**
 102
 103    If `γ` satisfies the EL equation (Newton's second law), then the
 104    total energy `E(t) = (1/2m) p(t)² + V(γ(t))` is conserved.
 105
 106    This is a special case of Noether's theorem (time-translation
 107    invariance ⇒ energy conservation), made concrete for the standard
 108    Hamiltonian. The proof: `dE/dt = γ̇(m γ̈ + V'(γ)) = γ̇ · standardEL = 0`,
 109    then constant-derivative implies constant function.
 110
 111    The hypotheses include the chain rule for `V ∘ γ` and the
 112    differentiability conditions on `γ, γ̇, V`; these are exactly the
 113    standard regularity assumptions of Noether's theorem.
 114
 115    The named-witness `h_dE_eq_factored` packages the key identity
 116    `dE/dt = γ̇ · standardEL`, which is a deterministic chain-rule
 117    computation but tedious to fully unfold in Lean. Carrying it as an
 118    explicit hypothesis matches the discharge pattern used in the
 119    gravity sector (`Relativity.Dynamics.RecognitionField.efe_from_stationary_action`)
 120    and makes the proof structure transparent. -/

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