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Noether theorem for mu-symmetries

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-13 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We give a version of Noether theorem adapted to the framework of mu-symmetries; this extends to such case recent work by Muriel, Romero and Olver in the framework of lambda-symmetries, and connects mu-symmetries of a Lagrangian to a suitably modified conservation law. In some cases this "mu-conservation law'' actually reduces to a standard one; we also note a relation between mu-symmetries and conditional invariants. We also consider the case where the variational principle is itself formulated as requiring vanishing variation under mu-prolonged variation fields, leading to modified Euler-Lagrange equations. In this setting mu-symmetries of the Lagrangian correspond to standard conservation laws as in the standard Noether theorem. We finally propose some applications and examples.

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@article{arxiv.0708.3144,
  title  = {Noether theorem for mu-symmetries},
  author = {G. Cicogna and G. Gaeta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3144},
  year   = {2009}
}

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28 pages, to appear in J. Phys. A

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