• DOI:10.1080/00268970410001728807
Corpus ID: 33437284

Dynamical versus variational symmetries: understanding Noether's first theorem

@article{Brown2004DynamicalVV,
  title={Dynamical versus variational symmetries: understanding Noether's first theorem},
  author={H. Brown and P. Holland},
  journal={Molecular Physics},
  year={2004},
  volume={102},
  pages={1133 - 1139}
}

H. Brown, P. Holland

Published 2004

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Molecular Physics

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It is argued that awareness of the distinction between dynamical and variational symmetries is crucial to understanding the significance of Noether's 1918 work. Special attention is paid, by way of a number of striking examples, to Noether's first theorem, which establishes a correlation between dynamical symmetries and conservation principles.