Relationship between symmetries and conservation laws (Q1585848)

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Relationship between symmetries and conservation laws
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    Relationship between symmetries and conservation laws (English)
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    5 June 2001
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    The article discusses the relation between Lie-Bäcklund symmetries and conservation laws for arbitrary differential equations, i.e. it is not assumed that the equation comes from a variational principle as in the classical Noether theorem. An equation relating the symmetry generator and the components of a conservation law invariant under it is derived. This equation is applied to derive conservation laws for several classical equations in mathematical physics.
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    Lie-Bäcklund symmetry
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    Noether theorem
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    differential equation
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