Noether theorem for action-dependent Lagrangian functions: conservation laws for non-conservative systems

DOI10.1007/S11071-019-05036-ZzbMATH Open1430.37069arXiv1906.06182OpenAlexW2952717050WikidataQ127708622 ScholiaQ127708622MaRDI QIDQ2296196FDOQ2296196

Authors: J. Paiva, Matheus Jatkoske Lazo, Gastão S. F. Frederico 

Publication date: 17 February 2020

Published in: Nonlinear Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the present work, we formulate a generalization of the Noether Theorem for action-dependent Lagrangian functions. The Noether's theorem is one of the most important theorems for physics. It is well known that all conservation laws, extrm{e.g.}, conservation of energy and momentum, are directly related to the invariance of the action under a family of transformations. However, the classical Noether theorem cannot be applied to study non-conservative systems because it is not possible to formulate physically meaningful Lagrangian functions for this kind of systems in the classical calculus of variation. On the other hand, recently it was shown that an Action Principle with action-dependent Lagrangian functions provides physically meaningful Lagrangian functions for a huge variety of non-conservative systems (classical and quantum). Consequently, the generalized Noether Theorem we present enable us to investigate conservation laws of non-conservative systems. In order to illustrate the potential of application, we consider three examples of dissipative systems and we analyze the conservation laws related to spacetime transformations and internal symmetries.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.06182

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zbMATH Keywords

Noether theoremnon-conservative systemsHerglotz variational problemaction-dependent Lagrangian functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) General theory of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, Hamiltonian and Lagrangian structures, symmetries, conservation laws (37K06) Variational principles and methods for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K58)

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