Noether current & conservation laws (extended)

Layer 0 — Mathematicsin the calculus-of-variations subtree

Noether 1918 (extended): every continuous symmetry of action yields conserved current j^μ via ∂_μ j^μ = 0. Translation→energy-momentum; rotation→angular-momentum; gauge→charge. Backbone of all modern physics conservation laws.

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