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X HAMILTONIAN MECHANICS OF RELATIVISTIC n-PARTICLE SYSTEMS * H.P . KUNZLE1 ABSTRACT : The space-time (evolution space) and possible phase sjjace descriptions of systems of n structureless point, parti- cles are carefully discussed in the framework of instan- taneous action-at-a-distance theory (predictive mechanics) . It is shown how to construct Poincaré invariant interac- tion laws and give them an invariant Hamiltonian formu- lation. An earlier proposed supplementary condition on the Hamiltonian structure , requiring that all position coordinates of the particles have commuting Poisson brackets in a well-defined sense is shov/n to be applicable also to systems of more than two particles . Moreover , it is proved that this condition is not incompatible with an interaction law invariant under particle permutations . JUNE 1976 76/P.337 x Supported in part by the National Research Council of Canada . y K Centre de Physique Théorique , CHRS Marseille + en ?§™?Q î-5ï!dress • Department of Mathematics U .j ^ y f Alberta n v e r s t 0 Edmonton , Canada T6G 2G1 POSTAL ADDRESS : Centre de Physique Théorique , C.N.R.S . 31, chemin Joseph Aiguier F-13274 MARSEILLE CEDEX 2 France •z- 1. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY