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Many theoretical results in deep learning can be traced to symmetry or equivariance of neural networks under parameter transformations. However, existing analyses are typically problem-specific and focus on first-order consequences such as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Yongyi Yang , Liu Ziyin

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

We consider the issue of correspondence between symmetries and conserved quantities in the class of linear relativistic higher-derivative theories of derived type. In this class of models the wave operator is a polynomial in another…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-07-09 Dmitry S. Kaparulin

The main objective of this article is to examine some physically viable solutions through the Noether symmetry technique in $f(R, T^{2})$ theory. For this purpose, we assume a generalized anisotropic and homogenous spacetime that yields…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-14 M. Sharif , M. Zeeshan Gul

We establish a version of the first Noether Theorem, according to which the (equivalence classes of) conserved quantities of given Euler-Lagrange equations in several independent variables are in one-to-one correspondence with the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-08-25 Emanuele Fiorani , Sandra Germani , Andrea Spiro

We extend Noether's theorem to dynamical optimal control systems being under the action of nonconservative forces. A systematic way of calculating conservation laws for nonconservative optimal control problems is given. As a corollary, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 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

We show how Noether conservation laws can be obtained from the particle relabelling symmetries in the Euler-Poincar\'e theory of ideal fluids with advected quantities. All calculations can be performed without Lagrangian variables, by using…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-23 Colin J. Cotter , Darryl D. Holm

We consider the Lagrangian formulation with duplicated variables of dissipative mechanical systems. The application of Noether theorem leads to physical observable quantities which are not conserved, like energy and angular momentum, and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-08-07 N. E. Martínez-Pérez , C. Ramírez

The aim of the present work is to investigate a non-minimally coupled scalar field model through the Noether symmetry approach, with the radiation, matter and cosmological constant eras being analyzed. The Noether symmetry condition allows…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-15 Rudinei C. de Souza , Gilberto M. Kremer

In this thesis, we study the one parameter point transformations which leave invariant the differential equations. In particular we study the Lie and the Noether point symmetries of second order differential equations. We establish a new…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-01-22 Andronikos Paliathanasis

Noether's theorem in the realm of point dynamics establishes the correlation of a constant of motion of a Hamilton-Lagrange system with a particular symmetry transformation that preserves the form of the action functional. Although usually…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jürgen Struckmeier

We identify a conserved quantity in continuous-time optimization dynamics, termed computational inertia. Defined as the sum of kinetic energy (parameter velocity) and potential energy (loss), this scalar remains invariant under idealized,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Atahan Karagoz

We develop the general theory of Noether symmetries for constrained systems. In our derivation, the Dirac bracket structure with respect to the primary constraints appears naturally and plays an important role in the characterization of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-28 J. M. Pons , J. Antonio Garcia

Neural ordinary differential equations (Neural ODEs) is a class of machine learning models that approximate the time derivative of hidden states using a neural network. They are powerful tools for modeling continuous-time dynamical systems,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-07-16 Wenbo Hao

The aim of this paper is to present a new approach to construct constants of motion associated with scaling symmetries of dynamical systems. Scaling maps could be symmetries of the equations of motion but not of its associated Lagrangian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-21 J. Antonio García , D. Gutiérrez-Ruiz , R. Abraham Sánchez-Isidro

This paper is devoted to studying symmetries of certain kinds of k-cosymplectic Hamiltonian systems in first-order classical field theories. Thus, we introduce a particular class of symmetries and study the problem of associating…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-15 J. C. Marrero , N. Román-Roy , M. Salgado , S. Vilariño

Spherical symmetry for f(R)-gravity is discussed by searching for Noether symmetries. The method consists in selecting conserved quantities in form of currents that reduce dynamics of f(R)-models compatible with symmetries. In this way we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 S. Capozziello , N. Frusciante , D. Vernieri

We prove two general theorems which determine the Lie and the Noether point symmetries for the equations of motion of a dynamical system which moves in a general Riemannian space under the action of a time dependent potential…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-08-16 Leonidas Karpathopoulos , Andronikos Paliathanasis , Michael Tsamparlis

Local symmetry transformations play an important role for establishing the existence and form of a conserved (Noether) current in systems with a global continuous symmetry. We explain how this fact leads to the existence of linear relations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-07 Tomas Brauner