Noether's theorem: Difference between revisions

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| When there are time transformations <math>t \mapsto t + T</math>, they cause the "buffering" segments to contribute the two following terms to <math>\Delta S</math>:

<math display="block">\Delta S \approx

\pm \left(TL + \int \sum_r \frac{\partial L}{\partial \dot{q}_r}\Delta \dot{q}_r\right) \approx

\pm T \left(L - \sum_r \frac{\partial L}{\partial \dot{q}_r}\dot{q}_r\right),.

</math>

The first term beingis due to stretching in temporal dimension of the "buffering" segment. (thatThe first segment changes theits size offrom <math>\tau</math> to <math>\tau + T</math>, and the ___domainsecond ofsegment integration)form <math>\tau</math> to <math>\tau - T</math>. Therefore, the integral over the first segment changes by <math> +T L(t_0)</math> and the integral over the second segment changes by <math> -T L(t_1)</math>. The second term is due to itsthe "slanting"time justdilation asby a factor <math>(\tau+T)/\tau</math> in the exemplarfirst casesegment and by <math>(\tau-T)/\tau</math> in the second segment. Assuming <math>T \ll \tau </math>, these time dilations change <math>\dot{q}_r</math> to <math>\dot{q}_r \mp (T/\tau) \dot{q}_r</math> in the first and second segment, respectively. Together they add to the consered quantity (the action S) a summand <math display="inline"> \pm T \left(L - \sum_r \left(\partial L/\partial \dot{q}_r\right)\dot{q}_r\right)</math> tofor the conservedfirst quantity(+) and second (-) segment.

| Finally, when instead of a trajectory <math>q(t)</math> entire fields <math>\psi(q_r,t)</math> are considered, the argument replaces

* the interval <math>[t_0,t_1]</math> with a bounded region <math>U</math> of the <math>(q_r,t)</math>-___domain,