Discrete field theory: symmetries and conservation laws

DOI10.1007/S11040-023-09459-4zbMATH Open1526.70025arXiv1709.04788OpenAlexW2756152929MaRDI QIDQ6096045FDOQ6096045

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Publication date: 11 September 2023

Published in: Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a general algorithm constructing a discretization of a classical field theory from a Lagrangian. We prove a new discrete Noether theorem relating symmetries to conservation laws and an energy conservation theorem not based on any symmetry. This gives exact conservation laws for several theories, e.g., lattice electrodynamics and gauge theory. In particular, we construct a conserved discrete energy-momentum tensor, approximating the continuum one at least for free fields. The theory is stated in topological terms, such as coboundary and products of cochains.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.04788

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zbMATH Keywords

conservation lawNoether theoremdiscrete differential geometrydiscrete Lagrangianconserved discrete energy-momentum tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) Symmetries, Lie group and Lie algebra methods for problems in mechanics (70G65) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10)

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