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Symmetry can be used to help solve many problems. For instance, Einstein's famous 1905 paper ("On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies") uses symmetry to help derive the laws of special relativity. In artificial intelligence, symmetry has…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2010-07-06 Toby Walsh

Symmetry is one of the most central concepts in physics, and it is no surprise that it has also been widely adopted as an inductive bias for machine-learning models applied to the physical sciences. This is especially true for models…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-12-23 Marcel F. Langer , Sergey N. Pozdnyakov , Michele Ceriotti

Gauge symmetries play a central role, both in the mathematical foundations as well as the conceptual construction of modern (particle) physics theories. However, it is yet unclear whether they form a necessary component of theories, or…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-10-18 Philipp Berghofer , Jordan François , Simon Friederich , Henrique Gomes , Guy Hetzroni , Axel Maas , René Sondenheimer

The purpose of the current article is to present a brief albeit accurate presentation of the main tools used in the study of symmetries of Lagrange equations for holonomic systems and subsequently to show how these tools are applied in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-18 Michael Tsamparlis , Andronikos Paliathanasis

I discuss gauge and global symmetries in particle physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum gravity. In a modern understanding, global symmetries are approximate and gauge symmetries may be emergent. (Based on a lecture at the April,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-14 Edward Witten

Selected applications of symmetry methods in the atmospheric sciences are reviewed briefly. In particular, focus is put on the utilisation of the classical Lie symmetry approach to derive classes of exact solutions from atmospheric models.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-02-25 Alexander Bihlo

Physical theories grounded in mathematical symmetries are an essential component of our understanding of a wide range of properties of the universe. Similarly, in the domain of machine learning, an awareness of symmetries such as rotation…

These notes are an introduction to the theory of quantum symmetries of finite and infinite sets, graphs, and locally compact spaces.

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Christian Voigt

These five lectures collect elementary facts about 4D supersymmetric theories with emphasis on N=1 supersymmetry, as well as the basic notions of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. Contents: I. From symmetries to supersymmetry; II. Basic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-12-25 Evgeny Ivanov

We consider a general theory of all possible quadratic, first-order derivative terms of the non-metricity tensor in the framework of Symmetric Teleparallel Geometry. We apply the Noether Symmetry Approach to classify those models that are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-04 Konstantinos F. Dialektopoulos , Tomi S. Koivisto , Salvatore Capozziello

In this talk I review various notions of generalised global symmetry: higher-form, higher-group, and non-invertible symmetry. All these notions have had profound impact on quantum field theory research in the last decade. I highlight…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-09 Joe Davighi

Recently, the theory of symmetric spaces has come to play an increased role in the physics of integrable systems and in quantum transport problems. In addition, it provides a classification of random matrix theories. In this paper we give a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Ulrika Magnea

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

Lie derivatives of various geometrical and physical quantities define symmetries and conformal symmetries in general relativity. Thus we obtain motions, collineations, conformal motions and conformal collineations. These symmetries are used…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Saifullah

These are intended to be review notes on emergent symmetries, i.e., symmetries which manifest themselves in specific sectors of energy in many systems. The emphasis is on the physical aspects rather than computation methods. We include some…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-17 Pedro R. S. Gomes

A core level of basic information for physics is identified, based on an analysis of the characteristics of the parameters space, time, mass and charge. At this level, it is found that certain symmetries operate, which can be used to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Rowlands

Noether's theorem connects symmetries to invariants in continuous systems, however its extension to discrete systems has remained elusive. Recognizing the lowest-order finite difference as the foundation of local continuity, a viable method…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-04 Samuel Richard Totorica

Symmetry is a fundamental concept in modern physics and other related sciences. Being such a powerful tool, almost all physical theories can be derived from symmetry, and the effectiveness of such an approach is astonishing. Since many…

Popular Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Ivan Kozic

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

Noether symmetry for higher order gravity theory has been explored, with the introduction of an auxiliary variable which gives the only correct quantum desccription of the theory, as shown in a series of earlier papers. The application of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. K. Sanyal , B. Modak , C. Rubano , E. Piedipalumbo