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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

Invariance theorems in analytical mechanics, such as Noether's theorem, can be adapted to continuum mechanics. For this purpose, it is useful to give a functional representation of the motion and to interpret the groups of invariance with…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-05-16 Henri Gouin

The conjecture that helicity (or knottedness) is a fundamental conserved quantity has a rich history in fluid mechanics, but the nature of this conservation in the presence of dissipation has proven difficult to resolve. Making use of…

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

When discussing consequences of symmetries of dynamical systems based on Noether's first theorem, most standard textbooks on classical or quantum mechanics present a conclusion stating that a global continuous Lie symmetry implies the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Daddy Balondo Iyela , Jan Govaerts

In this paper, a novel conserved Lorentz covariant tensor, termed the helicity tensor, is introduced in Maxwell theory. The conservation of the helicity tensor expresses the conservation laws contained in the helicity array, introduced by…

Optics · Physics 2021-07-14 Sajad Aghapour , Lars Andersson , Kjell Rosquist

In 1966 V.Arnold suggested a group-theoretic approach to ideal hydrodynamics in which the motion of an inviscid incompressible fluid is described as the geodesic flow of the right-invariant $L^2$-metric on the group of volume-preserving…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2018-09-05 Anton Izosimov , Boris Khesin

Noether's theorem has gained outstanding importance in theoretical particle physics, because it leads to basic conservation laws, such as the conservation of momentum and of angular momentum. Closely related to this theorem, but unnoticed…

General Physics · Physics 2017-10-13 Walter Smilga

We describe the Lie group and the group representations associated to the nonlinear Thermodynamic Coordinate Transformations (TCT). The TCT guarantee the validity of the Thermodynamic Covariance Principle (TCP) : {\it The nonlinear closure…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-10-12 Giorgio Sonnino , Jarah Evslin , Alberto Sonnino , György Steinbrecher , Enrique Tirapegui

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

Noether's theorem identifies fundamental conserved quantities, called Noether charges, from a Hamiltonian. To-date Noether charges remain largely elusive within theories of gravity: We do not know how to directly measure them, and their…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-01 Zhi-Wei Wang , Samuel L. Braunstein

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

The energy-momentum conservation laws for general reduced-fluid (e.g., gyrofluid) models are derived by Noether method from a general reduced variational principle. The reduced canonical energy-momentum tensor (which is explicitly…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Alain J. Brizard

We show which Lie point symmetries of non-critical semilinear Kohn-Laplace equations on the Heisenberg group $H^1$ are Noether symmetries and we establish their respectives conservations laws.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-02-14 Igor Leite Freire

A didatic approach of the Noether's theorem in classical mechanics is derived and used to obtain the laws of conservation.

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rubens de Melo Marinho

We discuss geometric properties of non-Noether symmetries and their possible applications in integrable Hamiltonian systems. Correspondence between non-Noether symmetries and conservation laws is revisited. It is shown that in regular…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 George Chavchanidze

We formulate symmetries in semiclassical Gaussian wave packet dynamics and find the corresponding conserved quantities, particularly the semiclassical angular momentum, via Noether's theorem. We consider two slightly different formulations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-03-24 Tomoki Ohsawa

We consider chiral fluids within the standard framework of a chiral-invariant underlying field theory, anomalous in presence of electromagnetic fields. Apart from the Noether axial current of the underlying theory, in the limit of ideal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-29 V. I. Zakharov

A decade ago, a Lagrangian density has been proposed by the author where only the local symmetries of the Lorentz subgroup of (A)ds group is retained. This formalism has been found to produce some results encompassing that of standard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-25 Prasanta Mahato

A class of generalized Galileon cosmological models, which can be described by a point-like Lagrangian, is considered in order to utilize Noether's Theorem to determine conservation laws for the field equations. In the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-23 N. Dimakis , Alex Giacomini , Sameerah Jamal , Genly Leon , Andronikos Paliathanasis