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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

It is shown that a Dirac(-type) equation for a rank-two bi-spinor field on Minkowski (configuration) spacetime furnishes a Lorentz-covariant quantum-mechanical wave equation in position-space representation for a single free photon. This…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-01-04 Michael K. -H. Kiessling , A. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh

All low-order conservation laws are found for a general class of nonlinear wave equations in one dimension with linear damping which is allowed to be time-dependent. Such equations arise in numerous physical applications and have attracted…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-10-20 Stephen C. Anco , Almudena P. Marquez , Tamara M. Garrido , Maria L. Gandarias

A complete classification of all low-order conservation laws is carried out for a system of coupled semilinear wave equations which is a natural two-component generalization of the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation. The conserved quantities…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 Stephen C. Anco , Chaudry Masood Khalique

Symmetries and conservation laws are studied for two classes of physically and analytically interesting radial wave equations with power nonlinearities in multi-dimensions. The results consist of two main classifications: all symmetries of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Stephen C. Anco , Steven A. MacNaughton , Thomas Wolf

A Lorenz-covariant system of wave equations is formulated for a quantum-mechanical two-body system in one space dimension, comprised of one electron and one photon. Manifest Lorentz covariance is achieved using Dirac's formalism of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Michael K. -H. Kiessling , Matthias Lienert , A. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh

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

We review the Lagrangian formulation of Noether symmetries (as well as "generalized Noether symmetries") in the framework of Calculus of Variations in Jet Bundles, with a special attention to so-called "Natural Theories" and "Gauge-Natural…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-01-19 L. Fatibene , M. Francaviglia , S. Mercadante

The concept of nonlinear self-adjointness is employed to construct the conservation laws for fractional evolution equations using its Lie point symmetries. The approach is demonstrated on subdiffusion and diffusion-wave equations with the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-05-30 Stanislav Yu. Lukashchuk

Conservation laws of a class of time-dependent damped nonlinear multidimensional wave equations are derived by Noether's theorem. For arbitrary nonzero damping coefficient and nonlinear interaction term, its infinitesimal variational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 F. Güngör , C. Özemir

A Lorentz-covariant system of wave equations is formulated for a quantum-mechanical three-body system in one space dimension, comprised of one photon and two identical massive spin one-half Dirac particles, which can be thought of as two…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-11-13 Lawrence Frolov , Samuel E. Leigh , A. Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh

Based on the physical interpretation of the photon continuity equation derived in [M. Hawton, Phys. Rev. A 109, 062221 (2024) ] the standard Lagrangian is second quantized to obtain a Lorentz and gauge invariant theory of single photons.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-02 Margaret Hawton

We derive the Noether identities and the conservation laws for general gravitational models with arbitrarily interacting matter and gravitational fields. These conservation laws are used for the construction of the covariant equations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-22 Yuri N. Obukhov , Dirk Puetzfeld

The conservation laws for a class of nonlinear equations with variable coefficients on discrete and noncommutative spaces are derived. For discrete models the conserved charges are constructed explicitly. The applications of the general…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Klimek

The general, linear equations with constant coefficients on quantum Minkowski spaces are considered and the explicit formulae for their conserved currents are given. The proposed procedure can be simplified for *-invariant equations. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Klimek

It is well-known that all 2d models of gravity---including theories with nonvanishing torsion and dilaton theories---can be solved exactly, if matter interactions are absent. An absolutely (in space and time) conserved quantity determines…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-25 W. Kummer , G. Tieber

We study soliton solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation via Lie symmetries and the travelling-wave ansatz. It is shown, by taking a linear combination of the spatial and temporal Lie point symmetries, that soliton solutions naturally exist,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-05-22 Muhammad Al-Zafar Khan

We succeed in writing 2-dimensional conformally invariant non-linear elliptic PDE (harmonic map equation, prescribed mean curvature equations...etc) in divergence form. This divergence free quantities generalize to target manifolds without…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Riviere Tristan

Classifications of symmetries and conservation laws are presented for a variety of physically and analytically interesting wave equations with power onlinearities in n spatial dimensions: a radial hyperbolic equation, a radial Schrodinger…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen C. Anco , Nataliya M. Ivanova

Ten conservation laws in useful polynomial form are derived from a Cartan form and Exterior Differential System (EDS) for the tetrad equations of vacuum relativity. The Noether construction of conservation laws for well posed EDS is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Frank B. Estabrook
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