Conjugate flow action functionals

DOI10.1063/1.4827679MaRDI QIDQ5410940zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors D. Venturi

Publication date 17 April 2014

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.2968

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05)

Abstract: We present a new general method to construct an action functional for a non-potential field theory. The key idea relies on representing the governing equations of the theory relative to a diffeomorphic flow of curvilinear coordinates which is assumed to be functionally dependent on the solution field. Such flow, which will be called the conjugate flow of the theory, evolves in space and time similarly to a physical fluid flow of classical mechanics and it can be selected in order to symmetrize the Gateaux derivative of the field equations with respect to suitable local bilinear forms. This is equivalent to requiring that the governing equations of the field theory can be derived from a principle of stationary action on a Lie group manifold. By using a general operator framework, we obtain the determining equations of such manifold and the corresponding conjugate flow action functional. In particular, we study scalar and vector field theories governed by second-order nonlinear partial differential equations. The identification of transformation groups leaving the conjugate flow action functional invariant could lead to the discovery of new conservation laws in fluid dynamics and other disciplines.

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