In Classical Mechanics, the state of the system is completely determined by its position and momentum (𝐱(𝑡),𝐩(t)).
Phase space is the space of all (𝐱(𝑡),𝐩(t))
An orbit in phase space corresponds to a system that returns to its initial conditions (e.g. oscillators)pic.twitter.com/GGNH9R1ISl
If you have an oscillator x= Acos(ωt) and p = -Αωsin(ωt) and so there's no reason in general you would expect x>0 --> p>0
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If x and p are of that form, should it not trace out an ellipse (not oblique) going clockwise? (x is abscissa, p is ordinate) This way, x is decreasing iff p is negative. I think this is what @opaqiq was pointing out.
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Right, I'm not asserting that this is a standard harmonic oscillator.
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