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We prove that under certain assumptions a partial differential equation can be derived from a variational principle. It is well-known from Noether's theorem that symmetries of a variational functional lead to conservation laws of the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-07 Markus Dafinger

Noether's theorem and the invariances of the Willmore functional are used to derive conservation laws that are satisfied by the critical points of the Willmore energy subject to generic constraints. We recover in particular previous results…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-09-25 Yann Bernard

Modifications of General Relativity usually include extra dynamical degrees of freedom, which to date remain undetected. Here we explore the possibility of modifying Einstein's theory by adding solely nondynamical fields. With the minimal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-07 Paolo Pani , Thomas P. Sotiriou , Daniele Vernieri

We develop a unified geometric framework for dissipative mechanical systems based on uniform $q$-contact manifolds, which provide an extended phase space equipped with multiple contact $1$-forms. Within this setting, we construct both…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 Melvin Leok , Cristina Sardón , Xuefeng Zhao

Using the fact that extremum of variation of generalized action can lead to the fractional dynamics in the case of systems with long-range interaction and long-term memory function, we consider two different applications of the action…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vasily E. Tarasov , George M. Zaslavsky

A hybrid framework is developed that highlights and unifies the most important aspects of the Noether correspondence between symmetries and conserved integrals in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. Several main results are shown: (1) a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Stephen C. Anco

A consistent, local coordinate formulation of covariant Hamiltonian field theory is presented. While the covariant canonical field equations are equivalent to the Euler-Lagrange field equations, the covariant canonical transformation theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-05-10 Jürgen Struckmeier , Hermine Reichau

This paper is aimed at a (mostly) pedagogical exposition of the derivation of the motion equations of certain modifications of general relativity. Here we derive in all detail the motion equations in the Brans-Dicke theory with the cubic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-24 Israel Quiros , Ricardo García-Salcedo , Tame Gonzalez , F. Antonio Horta-Rangel , Joel Saavedra

We sketch the main features of the Noether Symmetry Approach, a method to reduce and solve dynamics of physical systems by selecting Noether symmetries, which correspond to conserved quantities. Specifically, we take into account the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-24 Francesco Bajardi , Salvatore Capozziello , Tiziana Di Salvo , Francesca Spinnato

Several aspects of the connection between conserved integrals (invariants) and symmetries are illustrated within a hybrid Lagrangian-Hamiltonian framework for dynamical systems. Three examples are considered: a nonlinear oscillator with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Stephen C. Anco

The field equations in the nonsymmetric gravitational theory are derived from a Lagrangian density using a first-order formalism. Using the general covariance of the Lagrangian density, conservation laws and tensor identities are derived.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 J. Legare , J. W. Moffat

These notes grew out of a lecture course on mathematical methods of classical physics for students of mathematics and mathematical physics at the master's level. Also, physicists with a strong interest in mathematics may find this text…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-05-25 Vicente Cortés , Alexander S. Haupt

We prove Noether-type theorems for fractional isoperimetric variational problems with Riemann-Liouville derivatives. Both Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations are obtained. Illustrative examples, in the fractional context of the calculus…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-09 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Delfim F. M. Torres

We derive the variational principle and Noether's theorem in generally covariant field theory in an explicitly coordinate-independent way by means of the exterior calculus over the space-time manifold. We then focus on the symmetry of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-10 Ermis Mitsou

A novel routine to investigate the scalar fields in a cosmological context is discussed in the framework of the Hamiltonian formalism. Starting from the Einstein-Hilbert action coupled to a Lagrangian density that contains two components -…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-16 Alex E. Bernardini , O. Bertolami

Beginning from the Ashtekar formulation of canonical general relativity, we derive a physical Hamiltonian written in terms of (classical) loop gravity variables. This is done by gauge-fixing the gravitational fields within a complex of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-02 Jonathan Ziprick , Jack Gegenberg

The universal principle obtained by Emmy Noether in 1918, asserts that the invariance of a variational problem with respect to a one-parameter family of symmetry transformations implies the existence of a conserved quantity along the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Delfim F. M. Torres

We present a general algorithm constructing a discretization of a classical field theory from a Lagrangian. We prove a new discrete Noether theorem relating symmetries to conservation laws and an energy conservation theorem not based on any…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-09-14 Mikhail Skopenkov

A variational scheme for the derivation of generalized, symmetry-induced continuity equations for Hermitian and non-Hermitian quantum mechanical systems is developed. We introduce a Lagrangian which involves two complex wave fields and…

A short review of basic formulas from Hamiltonian formalism in classical mechanics in the case when Lagrangian contains N time-derivatives of n coordinate variables. For non-local models N=infinity.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-12-25 A. Morozov
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