Noether's theorem in multisymplectic geometry

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2017.09.003MaRDI QIDQ1694884zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jonathan Herman

Publication date 6 February 2018

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.05818

zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian mechanicshomotopy co-momentum mapmultisymplectic manifoldNoether's theoremsymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05) Hamilton's equations (70H05)

Abstract: We extend Noether's theorem to the setting of multisymplectic geometry by exhibiting a correspondence between conserved quantities and continuous symmetries on a multi-Hamiltonian system. We show that a homotopy co-momentum map interacts with this correspondence in a way analogous to the moment map in symplectic geometry. We apply our results to generalize the theory of the classical momentum and position functions from the phase space of a given physical system to the multisymplectic phase space. We also apply our results to manifolds with a torsion-free $G_2$ structure.

Review text

In this paper, some concepts from Hamiltonian mechanics are generalized to multisymplectic geometry. One aim of the paper is to point out the relationship between continuous symmetries and conserved quantities on multi-Hamiltonian systems. In Sections 2 and 3, some results regarding differential graded Lie algebras, \(L_\infty\)-algebras, multi-Hamiltonian systems, and homotopy co-momentum maps are given. In Section 4, ``Multisymplectic symmetries and conserved quantities, the notions of conserved quantities and continuous symmetries on multisymplectic manifolds are defined. Furthermore, a generalization of the Poisson bracket to multisymplectic geometry is presented. Moreover, the algebraic structures of the conserved quantities are emphasized. Section 5 deals with Noether's theorem in multisymplectic geometry. Section 6 is dedicated to some applications. First, applying the generalized Poisson bracket, the extension of the theory of classical momentum and position functions on the phase space of a manifold to the multisymplectic phase space is obtained. Secondly, the definitions of Hamiltonian forms, vector fields, and the homotopy co-momentum map in the setting of a \(G_2\) manifold are translated. As examples, manifolds with a torsion-free \(G_2\) structure are considered \(\mathbb{C}^3\) with the standard holomorphic volume form, and \(\mathbb{C}^3\) with the standard Kähler form. In the conclusion section, some questions for future research are raised.

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