TY - JOUR
T1 - Discrete Field Theory: Symmetries and Conservation Laws
AU - Skopenkov, Mikhail
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2023-09-01
Acknowledgements: The publication was prepared within the framework of the Academic Fund Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in 2018–2019 (grant N18-01-0023) and by the Russian Academic Excellence Project “5-100”. The author has also received support from the Simons–IUM fellowship. The author is grateful to E. Akhmedov, L. Alania, D. Arnold, A. Bossavit, V. Buchstaber, D. Chelkak, M. Chernodub, M. Desbrun, M. Gualtieri, F. Günther, I. Ivanov, A. Jivkov, M. Kraus, N. Mnev, F. Müller-Hoissen, S. Pirogov, P. Pylyavskyy, A. Rassadin, R. Rogalyov, I. Sabitov, P. Schröder, I. Shenderovich, B. Springborn, A. Stern, S. Tikhomirov, S. Vergeles for useful discussions.
PY - 2023/8/3
Y1 - 2023/8/3
N2 - We present a general algorithm constructing a discretization of a classical field theory from a Lagrangian. We prove a new discrete Noether theorem relating symmetries to conservation laws and an energy conservation theorem not based on any symmetry. This gives exact conservation laws for several theories, e.g., lattice electrodynamics and gauge theory. In particular, we construct a conserved discrete energy–momentum tensor, approximating the continuum one at least for free fields. The theory is stated in topological terms, such as coboundary and products of cochains.
AB - We present a general algorithm constructing a discretization of a classical field theory from a Lagrangian. We prove a new discrete Noether theorem relating symmetries to conservation laws and an energy conservation theorem not based on any symmetry. This gives exact conservation laws for several theories, e.g., lattice electrodynamics and gauge theory. In particular, we construct a conserved discrete energy–momentum tensor, approximating the continuum one at least for free fields. The theory is stated in topological terms, such as coboundary and products of cochains.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/693927
UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11040-023-09459-4
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85167459145&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11040-023-09459-4
DO - 10.1007/s11040-023-09459-4
M3 - Article
SN - 1572-9656
VL - 26
JO - Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
JF - Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry
IS - 3
ER -
