Noether's second theorem

Noether's second theorem

In mathematics, Noether's second theorem relates symmetries of an action functional with a system of differential equations.[1] The action S of a physical system is an integral of a so-called Lagrangian function L, from which the system's behavior can be determined by the principle of least action.

Specifically, the theorem says that if the action has an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra of infinitesimal symmetries parameterized linearly by k arbitrary functions and their derivatives up to order m, then the functional derivatives of L satisfy a system of k differential equations.

Noether's second theorem is sometimes used in gauge theory. Gauge theories are the basic elements of all modern field theories of physics, such as the prevailing Standard Model.

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  1. ^ Noether E (1918), "Invariante Variationsprobleme", Nachr. D. König. Gesellsch. D. Wiss. Zu Göttingen, Math-phys. Klasse 1918: 235–257, arXiv:physics/0503066, Bibcode 1971TTSP....1..186N, doi:10.1080/00411457108231446. 

References

  • Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Yvette (2010), The Noether theorems: Invariance and conservation laws in the twentieth century, Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-0-387-87867-6 
  • Olver, Peter (1993), Applications of Lie groups to differential equations, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 107 (2nd ed.), Springer-Verlag, ISBN 0-387-95000-1 

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