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A general variational principle of classical fields with a Lagrangian containing the field quantity and its derivatives of up to the N-th order is presented. Noether's theorem is derived. The generalized Hamilton-Jacobi's equation for the…

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The Szekeres system is studied with two methods for the determination of conservation laws. Specifically we apply the theory of group invariant transformations and the method of singularity analysis. We show that the Szekeres system admits…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-09 Andronikos Paliathanasis , P. G. L. Leach

The one-dimensional modified shallow water equations in Lagrangian coordinates are considered. It is shown the relationship between symmetries and conservation laws in Lagrangian coordinates, in mass Lagrangian variables, and Eulerian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-18 V. A. Dorodnitsyn , E. I. Kaptsov , S. V. Meleshko

We propose a novel algorithmic method for constructing invariant variational schemes of systems of ordinary differential equations that are the Euler-Lagrange equations of a variational principle. The method is based on the invariantization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Alex Bihlo , James Jackaman , Francis Valiquette

In recent works, the authors considered various Lagrangians, which are invariant under a Lie group action, in the case where the independent variables are themselves invariant. Using a moving frame for the Lie group action, they showed how…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-03-06 Tânia M. N. Gonçalves , Elizabeth L. Mansfield

A theorem due to Nail H. Ibragimov (2007) provides a connection between symmetries and conservation laws for arbitrary differential equations. The theorem is valid for any system of differential equations provided that the number of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Winter Sinkala , Andrew Otieno

In this paper we demonstrate how the Legendre transform connects the statements of Noether's theorem in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics. We give precise definitions of symmetries and conserved quantities in both the Hamiltonian and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-09-30 Jonathan Herman

This paper is devoted to the study of mechanical systems subjected to external forces in the framework of symplectic geometry. We obtain a Noether's theorem for Lagrangian systems with external forces, among other results regarding…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-14 Manuel de León , Manuel Lainz , Asier López-Gordón

A generalized uncertainty principle is obtained from a conformally transformed action containing a scalar field and a unique constraint. The constraint's Lagrange multiplier is found to obey a relativistic diffusion equation transforming…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-24 Dor Gabay

We develop a systematic algorithm, based on Noether's theorem, for defining the various currents in theories invariant under space dependent polynomial symmetries. A master equation is given that yields all the conservation laws…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-02 Rabin Banerjee

The conservation laws of nonrelativistic and relativistic systems are reviewed and some simple illustrations are provided for the restrictive nature of the relativistic conservation law involving the center of energy compared to the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Timothy H. Boyer

A geometric framework, called multicontact geometry, has recently been developed to study action-dependent field theories. In this work, we use this framework to analyze symmetries in action-dependent Lagrangian and Hamiltonian field…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-03-06 Xavier Rivas , Narciso Román-Roy , Bartosz M. Zawora

From a new perspective, this paper rederives Lagrange's equations. By applying the chain rule of differentiation, the intrinsic relationship between the momentum theorem and the kinetic energy theorem is first established. Subsequently,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Peng Shi

Noether's 2nd theorem applied to a total system states that a global symmetry which is a part of local symmetries does not provide a physically meaningful conserved charge but it instead leads to off-shell constraints as a form of conserved…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-06 Sinya Aoki

We determine the Lie point symmetries of a class of BBM-KdV systems and establish its nonlinear self-adjointness. We then construct conservation laws via Ibragimov's Theorem.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Valter Aparecido Silva Junior

Two applications of the Noether method for fluids and plasmas are presented based on the Euler-Lagrange and Euler-Poincare variational principles, which depend on whether the dynamical fields are to be varied independently or not,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Alain J. Brizard

It is shown that the Kadanoff-Baym equations at consistent first-order gradient approximation reveal exact rather than approximate conservation laws related to global symmetries of the system. The conserved currents and energy-momentum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-08-12 J. Knoll , Yu. B. Ivanov , D. N. Voskresensky

A common feature of systems of conservation laws of continuum physics is that they are endowed with natural companion laws which are in such case most often related to the second law of thermodynamics. This observation easily generalizes to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-04-18 Piotr Gwiazda , Martin Michálek , Agnieszka Świerczewska-Gwiazda

We consider systems of local variational problems defining non vanishing cohomolgy classes. In particular, we prove that the conserved current associated with a generalized symmetry, assumed to be also a symmetry of the variation of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-02-11 M. Francaviglia , M. Palese , E. Winterroth

This paper presents a formulation of Noether's theorem for fractional classical fields. We extend the variational formulations for fractional discrete systems to fractional field systems. By applying the variational principle to a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-09-19 Sami I. Muslih