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Past exam of the theoretical physics I course of the University of Cambridge 2022 4 b Solution by
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The infinitesimal connected internal symmetry of a classical field theory is , . For this exact invariance of the Lagrangian density, the Noether current is . In coordinates it isVarying the two fields gives the two wave equations and . Direct differentiation cancels the first-derivative cross terms:The Noether charge is constant when the spatial boundary flux vanishes. The disconnected transformations from part (a) do not have independent infinitesimal generators of this type.
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