Self-distributive structures in physics

DOI10.1007/S10773-025-05909-7MaRDI QIDQ7008483zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Tobias Fritz

Publication date 21 March 2025

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S10773-025-05909-7

zbMATH Keywords

Lie quandleNoether theoremone-dimensional transformation groupquantum dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetries, Lie group and Lie algebra methods for problems in mechanics (70G65) Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12)

Review text

It is well established in physics that observables generate one-dimensional groups of transformations. This relationship underpins Noether's theorem. While this association is not a necessary feature of a physical theory, it is a distinguishing feature of those that describe our universe (according to our current understanding). The aim of this paper is to understand the minimal mathematical structure needed for a theory to possess this feature.\N\NIn this work, the author introduces Lie quandles, a nonlinear generalization of Lie algebras. These objects are based on quandles, algebraic objects mainly used in knot theory. Throughout the paper, the author motivates Lie quandles by arguing that they do, in fact, possess the minimal structure needed for observables to generate one-dimensional groups of transformations. In addition to the definition of Lie quandles, several examples are provided. In particular, it is shown that every Lie algebra is a Lie quandle in a canonical way.

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