The Philosophy and Physics of Noether's Theorems
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The Philosophy and Physics of Noether's Theorems

A Centenary Volume

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eBook - PDF

The Philosophy and Physics of Noether's Theorems

A Centenary Volume

About this book

In 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Contents
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 The Noether Theorems in Context
  9. 2 Felix Klein and Emmy Noether on Invariant Theory and Variational Principles
  10. 3 Moscow, Oxford, or Princeton: Emmy Noether's Move from Gƶttingen (1933)
  11. 4 Getting to the Bottom of Noether's Theorem
  12. 5 BV Quantisation in Perturbative Algebraic QFT : Fundamental Concepts and Perspectives
  13. 6 Divergence Invariant Variational Problems
  14. 7 Do Symmetries `Explain' Conservation Laws? : The Modern Converse Noether Theorem vs Pragmatism
  15. 8 Noether's First Theorem and the Energy-Momentum Tensor Ambiguity Problem
  16. 9 Noether's Theorems and Energy in General Relativity
  17. 10 Geometric Objects and Perspectivalism
  18. 11 Substantive General Covariance and the Einsteinā€“Klein Dispute : A Noetherian Approach
  19. 12 Noether Charges, Gauge-Invariance, and Non-Separability
  20. 13 Observability, Redundancy, and Modality for Dynamical Symmetry Transformations
  21. 14 The Gauge Argument : A Noether Reason
  22. Index