Noether's first theorem in Hamiltonian mechanics
Abstract
Non-autonomous non-relativistic mechanics is formulated as Lagrangian and Hamiltonian theory on fibre bundles over the time axis R. Hamiltonian mechanics herewith can be reformulated as particular Lagrangian theory on a momentum phase space. This facts enable one to apply Noether's first theorem both to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. By virtue of Noether's first theorem, any symmetry defines a symmetry current which is an integral of motion in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. The converse is not true in Lagrangian mechanics where integrals of motion need not come from symmetries. We show that, in Hamiltonian mechanics, any integral of motion is a symmetry current. In particular, an energy function relative to a reference frame is a symmetry current along a connection on a configuration bundle which is this reference frame. An example of the global Kepler problem is analyzed in detail.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1510.03760,
title = {Noether's first theorem in Hamiltonian mechanics},
author = {G. Sardanashvily},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.03760},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
39 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1303.5363, arXiv:0911.0411