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We prove a DuBois-Reymond necessary optimality condition and a Noether symmetry theorem to the recent quantum variational calculus of Cresson. The results are valid for problems of the calculus of variations with functionals defined on sets…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-16 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Delfim F. M. Torres

We discuss the relation between symmetries and conservation laws in the realm of classical field theories based on the Hamiltonian constraint. In this approach, spacetime positions and field values are treated on equal footing, and a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-15 Vaclav Zatloukal

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

We develop a formulation of particle mechanics in which the functional relation between force and kinetic energy is derived directly from local conservation mechanical energy $E$, rather than postulated through Newton's second law or a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Thomas Oikonomou

Noether's Theorem on constants of the motion of dynamical systems has recently been extended to classical dissipative systems (Markovian semi-groups) by Baez and Fong. We show how to extend these results to the fully quantum setting of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-07-26 John E. Gough , Tudor S. Ratiu , O. G. Smolyanov

The classical motion of spinning particles can be described without employing Grassmann variables or Clifford algebras, but simply by generalizing the usual spinless theory. We only assume the invariance with respect to the Poincare' group;…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Giovanni Salesi

We prove Noether's direct and inverse second theorems for Lagrangian systems on fiber bundles in the case of gauge symmetries depending on derivatives of dynamic variables of an arbitrary order. The appropriate notions of reducible gauge…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-10 D. Bashkirov , G. Giachetta , L. Mangiarotti , G. Sardanashvily

A symmetry analysis is presented for the three-dimensional nonrelativistic motion of charged particles in arbitrary stationary electromagnetic fields. The general form of the Lie point symmetries is found along with the fields that respect…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Nikos Kallinikos , Efthymia Meletlidou

Each conservation law of a given partial differential equation is determined (up to equivalence) by a function known as the characteristic. This function is used to find conservation laws, to prove equivalence between conservation laws, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-01-29 Timothy J. Grant , Peter E. Hydon

Noether's theorem links the symmetries of a quantum system with its conserved quantities, and is a cornerstone of quantum mechanics. Here we prove a version of Noether's theorem for Markov processes. In quantum mechanics, an observable…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-08-22 John C. Baez , Brendan Fong

Noether's theorem, that local gauge variations of gauge invariant actions are identically conserved (more tautologically, that gauge variations of gauge invariants vanish) was established a century ago. Its converse, in the geometric…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-02-13 S. Deser , Y. Pang

We discuss an extended Teleparallel gravity models comprising functions of scalar invariants constructed by torsion, torsion Gauss-Bonnet and boundary terms. We adopt the Noether Symmetry Approach to select the functional forms, the first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-22 Sebastian Bahamonde , Ugur Camci , Salvatore Capozziello

Noether's theorems are widely praised as some of the most beautiful and useful results in physics. However, if one reads the majority of standard texts and literature on the application of Noether's first theorem to field theory, one…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2021-07-23 Mark Robert Baker , Niels Linnemann , Chris Smeenk

We embark on a systematic study of continuous non-invertible symmetries, focusing on 1+1d CFTs. We describe a generalized version of Noether's theorem, where continuous non-invertible symmetries are associated to $\textit{non-local}$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-18 Diego Delmastro , Adar Sharon , Yunqin Zheng

This paper provides a modern presentation of Noether's theory in the realm of classical dynamics, with application to the problem of a particle submitted to both a potential and a linear dissipation. After a review of the close…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-12-20 Raphaël Leone , Thierry Gourieux

We summarize the use of Noether symmetries in Minisuperspace Quantum Cosmology. In particular, we consider minisuperspace models, showing that the existence of conserved quantities gives selection rules that allow to recover classical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-08-07 Salvatore Capozziello , Mariafelicia De Laurentis

We further develop a recently introduced variational principle of stationary action for problems in nonconservative classical mechanics and extend it to classical field theories. The variational calculus used is consistent with an initial…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-12-10 Chad R. Galley , David Tsang , Leo C. Stein

The direct method based on the definition of conserved currents of a system of differential equations is applied to compute the space of conservation laws of the (1+1)-dimensional wave equation in the light-cone coordinates. Then Noether's…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-23 Roman O. Popovych , Alexei F. Cheviakov

To what extent does Noether's principle apply to quantum channels? Here, we quantify the degree to which imposing a symmetry constraint on quantum channels implies a conservation law, and show that this relates to physically impossible…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-21 Cristina Cirstoiu , Kamil Korzekwa , David Jennings

Based on a general variational principle, Noether's theorem is revisited. It is shown that the so called pseudotensor problem of the gravitational energy-momentum is a result of mis-reading Noether's theorem, and in fact, all the Noether's…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-11 Zhaoyan Wu