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A variational method is used to derive a self-consistent macro-particle model for relativistic electromagnetic kinetic plasma simulations. Extending earlier work [E. G. Evstatiev and B. A. Shadwick, J. Comput. Phys., vol. 245, pp. 376-398,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-04-22 A. B. Stamm , B. A. Shadwick , E. G. Evstatiev

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

In the classical Lagrangian approach to conservation laws of gauge-natural field theories a suitable (vector) density is known to generate the so--called {\em conserved Noether currents}. It turns out that along any section of the relevant…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-03 L. Fatibene , M. Francaviglia , M. Palese

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

We reformulate the relativistic perfect fluid system on curved space-time. Using standard variables, the velocity field $u$,energy density $\rho$ and pressure $p$, the covariant Euler-Lagrange equation is obtained from variational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-07 Takayoshi Ootsuka , Muneyuki Ishida , Erico Tanaka , Ryoko Yahagi

Conservation laws have many applications in numerical relativity. However, it is not straightforward to define local conservation laws for general dynamic spacetimes due the lack of coordinate translation symmetries. In flat space, the rate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-03 Robin Croft

We use the Lagrange-Noether methods to derive the conservation laws for models in which matter interacts nonminimally with the gravitational field. The nonminimal coupling function can depend arbitrarily on the gravitational field strength.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-04-19 Yuri N. Obukhov , Dirk Puetzfeld

We establish a new version of the first Noether Theorem, according to which the (equivalence classes of) first integrals of given Euler-Lagrange equations in one independent variable are in exact one-to-one correspondence with the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Emanuele Fiorani , Andrea Spiro

It is widely accepted that conservation laws, especially energy-momentum conservation, have fundamental importance for both classical and quantum systems in physics. A widely used method to derive the conservation laws is based on Noether's…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-04-13 Peifeng Fan , Qiang Chen , Jianyuan Xiao

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

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

We derive the variational principle and Noether's theorem in generally covariant field theory in an explicitly coordinate-independent way by means of the exterior calculus over the space-time manifold. We then focus on the symmetry of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-10 Ermis Mitsou

We outline how discrete analogues of the conservation of potential vorticity may be achieved in Finite Element numerical schemes for a variational system which has the particle relabelling symmetry, typically shallow water equations. We…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-24 Elizabeth L. Mansfield

Noether's theorem on the equivalence of symmetry and conservation laws has applications to geometric problems on symmetric spaces. We remind the reader of the theorem and give an application to a variational problem on hyperbolic surfaces.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-04 Karen Uhlenbeck

We sketch the main features of the Noether Symmetry Approach, a method to reduce and solve dynamics of physical systems by selecting Noether symmetries, which correspond to conserved quantities. Specifically, we take into account the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-24 Francesco Bajardi , Salvatore Capozziello , Tiziana Di Salvo , Francesca Spinnato

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

We prove a Noether type symmetry theorem to fractional problems of the calculus of variations with classical and Riemann-Liouville derivatives. As result, we obtain constants of motion (in the classical sense) that are valid along the mixed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-12 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Delfim F. M. Torres

The exact energy and angular-momentum conservation laws are derived by Noether method for the Hamiltonian and symplectic representations of the gauge-free electromagnetic gyrokinetic Vlasov-Maxwell equations. These gyrokinetic equations,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Alain J. Brizard

In this work we prove a weak Noether type theorem for a class of variational problems which include broken extremals. We then use this result to prove discrete Noether type conservation laws for certain classes of finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Elizabeth Mansfield , Tristan Pryer

A Noether-enhanced Legendre transformation from Lagrange densities to energy-momentum tensors is developed into an alternative framework for formulating classical field equations. This approach offers direct access to the Hamiltonian while…

General Physics · Physics 2019-02-21 Hans Christian Öttinger