Abstract
For nonsmooth Euler-Lagrange extremals, Noether's conservation laws cease to be valid. We show that Emmy Noether's theorem of the calculus of variations is still valid in the wider class of Lipschitz functions, as long as one restrict the Euler-Lagrange extremals to those which satisfy the DuBois-Reymond necessary condition. In the smooth case all Euler-Lagrange extremals are DuBois-Reymond extremals, and the result gives a proper extension of the classical Noether's theorem. This is in contrast with the recent developments of Noether's symmetry theorems to the optimal control setting, which give rise to non-proper extensions when specified for the problems of the calculus of variations. Results are also obtained for variational problems with higher-order derivatives.
Highlights
A Proper Extension of Noether’s Symmetry Theorem for Nonsmooth Extremals of the Calculus of Variations – p
¿ As far as the Euler-Lagrange equations are valid in the class of Lipschitz functions, does Noether’s Symmetry Theorem holds true when one just substitute C2 by Lip?
The Calculus of Variations, after a long and rich history, remains active and growing
Summary
Let s be a small parameter, |s| < ε, and {hs} a family of transformations: hs : R1+n → R1+n (t, x) → hs(t, x) = (hst (t), hsx(x)) Typically, {hs} will be a local Lie group: • local closure property; • contains the identity h0(t, x) = (t, x) ; • inverse exist for small s.
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