On symmetries and conserved quantities in Nambu mechanics
Mathematical Physics
2013-10-30 v1 Differential Geometry
Dynamical Systems
math.MP
Abstract
In Hamiltonian mechanics, a (continuous) symmetry leads to conserved quantity, which is a function on (extended) phase space. In Nambu mechanics, a straightforward consequence of symmetry is just a relative integral invariant, a differential form which only upon integration over a cycle provides a conserved real number. The origin of the difference may be traced back to a shift in degrees of relevant forms present in equations of motion, or, alternatively, to a corresponding shift in degrees of relevant objects in action integral for Nambu mechanics.
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@article{arxiv.1306.5969,
title = {On symmetries and conserved quantities in Nambu mechanics},
author = {Marian Fecko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.5969},
year = {2013}
}