Which symmetry? Noether, Weyl, and conservation of electric charge

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00033-8zbMath1222.01020WikidataQ56827566 ScholiaQ56827566MaRDI QIDQ720473

Katherine A. Brading

Publication date: 15 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

gauge symmetrycharge conservationNoether's theoremlocal symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03) History of global analysis (58-03)

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