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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108486231

ISBN-139781108486231

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Book TitlePhilosophy and Physics of Noether's Theorems : a Centenary Volume

Number of Pages430 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPhysics / Mathematical & Computational, Physics / General

Publication Year2022

IllustratorYes

FeaturesNew Edition

GenreScience

AuthorNicholas J. Teh

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width6.9 in

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LCCN2021-057283

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal539.725

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentIntroduction James Read and Nicholas Teh; 1. The Noether theorems in context Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach; 2. Felix Klein and Emmy Noether on invariant theory and variational principles David Rowe; 3. Moscow, Oxford, or Princeton: The move from Göttingen Tomoko Kitagawa; 4. Getting to the bottom of Noether's theorem John Baez; 5. BV quantization in perturbative algebraic QFT: Fundamental concepts and perspectives Kasia Rejzner; 6. Divergence invariant variational problems Peter Olver; 7. Do symmetries 'explain' conservation laws? The modern converse Noether theorem versus pragmatism Harvey Brown; 8. Converse of Noether's first theorem and the energy-momentum tensor ambiguity problem Mark Baker, Niels Linnemann and Christopher Smeenk; 9. Noether's theorems and energy in general relativity Sebastian de Haro; 10. Geometric objects and perspectivalism James Read; 11. Substantive general covariance and the Einstein-Klein dispute: A Noetherian approach Laurent Freidel and Nicholas Teh; 12. Noether charges, gauge-invariance, and non-separability Henrique Gomes; 13. Observability, redundancy and modality for dynamical symmetry transformations David Wallace; 14. The gauge argument: A Noether reason Henrique Gomes, Bryan Roberts and Jeremy Butterfield.

SynopsisIn 1918, Emmy Noether, in her paper Invariante Variationsprobleme, proved two theorems (and their converses) on variational problems that went on to revolutionise theoretical physics. 100 years later, the mathematics of Noether's theorems continues to be generalised, and the physical applications of her results continue to diversify. This centenary volume brings together world-leading historians, philosophers, physicists, and mathematicians in order to clarify the historical context of this work, its foundational and philosophical consequences, and its myriad physical applications. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students and professional researchers, this is a go-to resource for those wishing to understand Noether's work on variational problems and the profound applications which it finds in contemporary physics., Noether's 1918 theorems revolutionised physics. This centenary volume brings together world-leading philosophers, physicists, historians and mathematicians in order to contextualise, apply, and extend Noether's results, ready for the next 100 years. It is an invaluable resource for students and researchers wishing to understand or apply this work.

LC Classification NumberQC793.3.S9P45 2022