Symmetries and Conservation Laws Thank you, Emmy 1 Symmetries and Conservation Laws
An example of conservation Symmetries and Conservation Laws 2
What just happened? Symmetries and Conservation Laws 3
Somewhat more generally Symmetries and Conservation Laws 4
Emmy Noether ( ) German mathematician and colleague of Hilbert Symmetries and Conservation Laws 5
Types of Coordinate Transformations Symmetries and Conservation Laws 6
Symmetry Symmetries and Conservation Laws 7
Translation Symmetry Symmetries and Conservation Laws 8
It All Depends Note that the presence (or absence) of a symmetry depends upon both 1.the form of the Lagrangian, and 2.the nature of the transformation translation symmetry does not alter velocities We refer to the Lagrangian as invariant under the transformation. Symmetries and Conservation Laws 9
More General Invariance Symmetries and Conservation Laws 10
Rotational Symmetry Symmetries and Conservation Laws 11
Variations on a Theme Symmetries and Conservation Laws 12
Shrinking the Change Symmetries and Conservation Laws 13
Continuous Transformations Symmetries and Conservation Laws 14
Continuous Transformations Symmetries and Conservation Laws 15
Example: Infinitesimal Rotation Symmetries and Conservation Laws 16
Infinitesimal Rotation (cont.) Symmetries and Conservation Laws 17
Infinitesimal Rotation (cont.) Symmetries and Conservation Laws 18
More General Symmetries Symmetries and Conservation Laws 19
Continuous Symmetries (II) An infinitesimal transformation for which the change in the Lagrangian, including terms of first order in infinitesimals, is zero. Symmetries and Conservation Laws 20
Consequences of Symmetry Symmetries and Conservation Laws 21
Consequences of Symmetry (cont.) Symmetries and Conservation Laws 22
Example: Translation Symmetries and Conservation Laws 23
Example: Rotation Symmetries and Conservation Laws 24