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Symmetries and Noether’s Theorem in MHD

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In this chapter we discuss Noether’s first theorem in MHD. The analysis is similar to that in Padhye (1998) and Webb et al. (2005b) We consider the Lagrangian form of the action (10.11), namely

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Webb, G. (2018). Symmetries and Noether’s Theorem in MHD. In: Magnetohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics: Action Principles and Conservation Laws. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 946. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72511-6_11

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