A Non-Newtonian Noether's Symmetry Theorem

Abstract

The universal principle obtained by Emmy Noether in 1918, asserts that the invariance of a variational problem with respect to a one-parameter family of symmetry transformations implies the existence of a conserved quantity along the Euler-Lagrange extremals. Here we prove Noether's theorem for the recent non-Newtonian calculus of variations. The proof is based on a new necessary optimality condition of DuBois-Reymond type.