Constants of motion for non-differentiable quantum variational problems

Abstract

We extend the DuBois-Reymond necessary optimality condition and Noether's symmetry theorem to the scale relativity theory setting. Both Lagrangian and Hamiltonian versions of Noether's theorem are proved, covering problems of the calculus of variations with functionals defined on sets of non-differentiable functions, as well as more general nondifferentiable problems of optimal control. As an application we obtain constants of motion for some linear and nonlinear variants of the Schrödinger equation. © 2009 Juliusz Schauder Center for Nonlinear Studies.