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arxiv: 1103.4785 · v2 · pith:3LTIX3GGnew · submitted 2011-03-24 · 🌊 nlin.CG

Can anything from Noether's theorem be salvaged for discrete dynamical systems?

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The dynamics of a physical system is linked to its phase-space geometry by Noether's theorem, which holds under standard hypotheses including continuity. Does an analogous theorem hold for discrete systems? As a testbed, we take the Ising spin model with both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic bonds. We show that---and why---energy not only acts as a generator of the dynamics for this family of systems, but is also conserved when the dynamics is time-invariant.

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