Direct Construction of Conservation Laws from Field Equations
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z2 (CANADA)
This Letter presents an algorithm to obtain all local conservation laws for any system of field equations. The algorithm uses a formula which directly generates the conservation laws and does not depend on the system having a Lagrangian formulation, in contrast to Noether{close_quote}s theorem which requires a Lagrangian. Several examples are considered including dissipative systems inherently having no Lagrangian. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 490205
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 78; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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