Symmetries and constants of motion for constrained Lagrangian systems: a presymplectic version of the Noether theorem

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, , Citation C Ferrario and A Passerini 1990 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 23 5061 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/23/21/040

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The concept of dynamical symmetry for constrained Lagrangian systems is analysed and generalized. Both the direct and converse Noether theorems are proved for singular Lagrangians.

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