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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

This paper develops moving frame theory for partial difference equations and for differential-difference equations with one continuous independent variable. In each case, the theory is applied to the invariant calculus of variations and the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Lewis C. White , Peter E. Hydon

We extend the second Noether theorem to fractional variational problems which are invariant under infinitesimal transformations that depend upon $r$ arbitrary functions and their fractional derivatives in the sense of Caputo. Our main…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-03-13 Agnieszka B. Malinowska

Because scaling symmetries of the Euler-Lagrange equations are generally not variational symmetries of the action, they do not lead to conservation laws. Instead, an extension of Noether's theorem reduces the equations of motion to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 Sidney Bludman , Dallas C. Kennedy

Noether's theorem is a fundamental result in physics stating that every symmetry of the dynamics implies a conservation law. It is, however, deficient in several respects: (i) it is not applicable to dynamics wherein the system interacts…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-16 Iman Marvian , Robert W. Spekkens

As is well known, symmetry plays an important role in the theoretical physics. In particular, the well-known Noether symmetry is an useful tool to select models motivated at a fundamental level, and find the exact solution to the given…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-01-10 Hao Wei , Xiao-Jiao Guo , Long-Fei Wang

Noether's First Theorem yields conservation laws for Lagrangians with a variational symmetry group. The explicit formulae for the laws are well known and the symmetry group is known to act on the linear space generated by the conservation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-02-18 Tania M. N. Goncalves , Elizabeth L. Mansfield

A general theorem on conservation laws for arbitrary difference equations is proved. The theorem is based on an introduction of an adjoint system related with a given difference system, and it does not require the existence of a difference…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-07-08 Linyu Peng

We begin by presenting the classical deterministic problems of the calculus of variations, with emphasis on the necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange and the Noether theorem. As examples of application, we obtain the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-08-29 Adilson C. M. Barros , Delfim F. M. Torres

We review the geometric formulation of the second Noether's theorem in time-dependent mechanics. The commutation relations between the dynamics on the final constraint manifold and the infinitesimal generator of a symmetry are studied. We…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jose F Carinena , Joan-Andreu Lazaro-Cami , Eduardo Martinez

A didactic and systematic derivation of Noether point symmetries and conserved currents is put forward in special relativistic field theories, without a priori assumptions about the transformation laws. Given the Lagrangian density, the…

General Physics · Physics 2016-03-17 Fernando Haas

The first part of this paper develops a geometric setting for differential-difference equations that resolves an open question about the extent to which continuous symmetries can depend on discrete independent variables. For general…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-26 Linyu Peng , Peter E Hydon

In this second part of the paper, we consider finite difference Lagrangians which are invariant under linear and projective actions of $SL(2)$, and the linear equi-affine action which preserves area in the plane. We first find the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-05 E. L. Mansfield , A. Rojo-Echeburua

We examine the assumptions behind Noether's theorem connecting symmetries and conservation laws. To compare classical and quantum versions of this theorem, we take an algebraic approach. In both classical and quantum mechanics, observables…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 John C. Baez

On the basis of gauge principle in the field theory, a new variational formulation is presented for flows of an ideal fluid. The fluid is defined thermodynamically by mass density and entropy density, and its flow fields are characterized…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-10-12 Tsutomu Kambe

The strength of fluctuations, as measured by their variance, is paramount in the quantitative description of a large class of physical systems, ranging from simple and complex liquids to active fluids and solids. Fluctuations originate from…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-11-21 Sophie Hermann , Matthias Schmidt

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 study incommensurate fractional variational problems in terms of a generalized fractional integral with Lagrangians depending on classical derivatives and generalized fractional integrals and derivatives. We obtain necessary optimality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-03 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

For a dynamical system defined by a singular Lagrangian, canonical Noether symmetries are characterized in terms of their commutation relations with the evolution operators of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms. Separate…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Xavier Gracia , Josep M. Pons

We give details and derivations for the Noether invariance theory that characterizes the spatial equilibrium structure of inhomogeneous classical many-body systems, as recently proposed and investigated for bulk systems [F. Samm\"uller…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-04-23 Sophie Hermann , Florian Sammüller , Matthias Schmidt