Noether theorem for mu-symmetries
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0708.3144,
title = {Noether theorem for mu-symmetries},
author = {G. Cicogna and G. Gaeta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3144},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
28 pages, to appear in J. Phys. A