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Wuhan Univ. J. Nat. Sci.
Volume 28, Number 3, June 2023
Page(s) 207 - 216
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/wujns/2023283207
Published online 13 July 2023

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/wujns/2023283207

0 Introduction

Given a Lagrangian L=L(t,q,q˙)Mathematical equation, q=(q1,q2,,qn)Mathematical equation, q˙=(q˙1,q˙2,,q˙n)Mathematical equation, we define

H i j = 2 L q ˙ i q ˙ j ,   i , j = 1,2 , , n Mathematical equation(1)

where the matrix [Hij]Mathematical equation is called a Hessian matrix. If det[Hij]0Mathematical equation, then the Lagrangian is called regular. If det[Hij]=0Mathematical equation, then the Lagrangian is called singular. For example, the Parra's Lagrangian[1]

L = 1 2 m ( q ˙ 1 2 + q ˙ 2 2 + l 2 q ˙ 3 2 + 2 l q ˙ 1 q ˙ 3 c o s q 3 + 2 l q ˙ 2 q ˙ 3 s i n q 3 ) + V ( q 1 , q 2 , q 3 ) Mathematical equation(2)

the Deriglazov's Lagrangian[2]

L = q 2 2 q ˙ 1 2 + q 1 2 q ˙ 2 2 + 2 q 1 q 2 q ˙ 1 q ˙ 2 + V ( q 1 , q 2 )   ( V = q 1 2 + q 2 2 ) Mathematical equation(3)

the Cawley's Lagrangian[3]

L = q ˙ 1 q ˙ 2 + V ( q 1 , q 2 , q 3 )   ( V = 1 2 q 2 q 3 2 ) Mathematical equation(4)

and the Mittelstaedt's Lagrangian[4]

L = 1 2 m ( q ˙ 1 + q ˙ 2 ) 2 + 1 2 μ q ˙ 3 2 + V ( q 1 , q 2 , q 3 ) Mathematical equation(5)

where lMathematical equation, mMathematical equation and μMathematical equation are constants and VMathematical equation represents potential energy, they are all singular. In fact, singular systems have a close relationship with the condensed matter theories, the gauge field theories, the quantum field theories of anyons, the particle physics and so forth[5-7]. Regarding the singular systems, Dirac[8] was the first one to study their canonical equation. Then, singular systems were also investigated in several classical mechanics textbooks[5-7], including both the canonical equation and the Noether theorem.

The Noether theorem was introduced by the German female mathematician Noether [9]. The Noether symmetry method is one of the methods used to solve the differential equations of motion. There are many results on the Noether theorem [10-12]. Fractional calculus has been popular recently. The fractional derivatives that are used most often are the Riemann-Liouville, Caputo and Riesz fractional derivatives. In 2007, Frederico and Torres [13] initiated the study of the fractional Noether theorem. Based on a bilinear operator DMathematical equation (D(I)=0Mathematical equation), they defined the fractional conserved quantity. Using this definition, fractional Noether theorems and their applications were discussed for several mechanics systems, such as the Lagrangian system[14-17], the Birkhoffian system [18,19], the Hamiltonian system [20], and the multidimensional Lagrangian system [21]. Two years later, with the idea of the definition of the classical conserved quantity, Atanacković et al [22] introduced another definition of the fractional conserved quantity (dI/dt=0Mathematical equation). They held the point that this definition is more reasonable than the former definition. Then, fractional Noether theorems of the different mechanics systems, such as the Birkhoffian system [23-25], the Hamiltonian system [26,27] and the nonconservative system [28,29] were obtained.

At present, two fractional singular systems, one concerning the mixed integer and Caputo fractional derivatives and the other concerning the Caputo fractional derivatives, have been established, including the fractional primary constraints and the fractional constrained Hamilton equations [30]. The next task is to find the solutions to them. Therefore, in this paper, we intend to make use of the Noether symmetry method to complete this study.

1 Preliminaries

We give the definitions of the Riemann-Liouville and the Caputo fractional derivatives as follows. Given a function f(t)Mathematical equation and two constants αMathematical equation and βMathematical equation that satisfy n-1α,β<nMathematical equation, where nMathematical equation is an integer, the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative and the Caputo fractional derivative have the forms [31]

t 1 R L D t α f ( t ) = 1 Γ ( n - α ) ( d d t ) n t 1 t ( t - ξ ) n - α - 1 f ( ξ ) d ξ Mathematical equation(6)

t R L D t 2 β f ( t ) = 1 Γ ( n - β ) ( - d d t ) n t t 2 ( ξ - t ) n - β - 1 f ( ξ ) d ξ Mathematical equation(7)

t 1 C D t α f ( t ) = 1 Γ ( n - α ) t 1 t ( t - ξ ) n - α - 1 ( d d ξ ) n f ( ξ ) d ξ Mathematical equation(8)

t C D t 2 β f ( t ) = 1 Γ ( n - β ) t t 2 ( ξ - t ) n - β - 1 ( - d d ξ ) n f ( ξ ) d ξ Mathematical equation(9)

here, αMathematical equation and βMathematical equation represent the orders of the fractional derivatives. When α,β1Mathematical equation, the fractional derivative operators reduce to the classical integer derivative operators, namely,

t 1 R L D t 1 = D t 1 C D t 1 = d d t ,   D t R L D t 2 1 = D t C D t 2 1 = - d d t Mathematical equation(10)

Throughout this paper, we assume that 0<α,β<1Mathematical equation.

For the Lagrangian LM=LM(t,qM,q˙M,Dt1CDtαqM)Mathematical equation, where qM=(qM1,qM2,,qMn)Mathematical equation, q˙M=(q˙M1,q˙M2,,q˙Mn)Mathematical equation, t1CDtαqM=(t1CDtαqM1,Dt1CDtαqM2,,Dt1CDtαqMn)Mathematical equation,qMjMathematical equation are the generalized coordinates, q˙Mj=dqMj/dtMathematical equation are the generalized velocities, t1CDtαqMjMathematical equation are the Caputo derivatives of qMjMathematical equation, qMj()C2([t1,t2];R)Mathematical equation, j=1,2,,nMathematical equation, LM(,,,)C2([t1,t2]×Rn×Rn×Rn;R)Mathematical equation, and 0<α<1Mathematical equation, we define the corresponding generalized momenta and the Hamiltonian as

p M i = L M ( t , q M , q ˙ M , D t 1 C D t α q M ) q ˙ M i ,   p M i α = L M ( t , q M , q ˙ M , D t 1 C D t α q M ) D t 1 C D t α q M i , H M = p M i q ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - L M ( t , q M , q ˙ M , D t 1 C D t α q M ) ,   i = 1,2 , , n Mathematical equation(11)

Specifically, we assume that t1CDtαqMiMathematical equation can always be described by a function that depends on the elements of tMathematical equation, qMjMathematical equation, q˙MjMathematical equation and pMjαMathematical equation, namely, t1CDtαqMi=hMi(t,qMj,q˙Mj,pMjα)Mathematical equation, i,j=1,2,,nMathematical equation.

In this case, we define the elements of the Hessian matrix as

H M i j = 2 L M ( t , q M , q ˙ M , D t 1 C D t α q M ) q ˙ M i q ˙ M j ,   i , j = 1,2 , , n Mathematical equation(12)

if rank[HMij]=RMathematical equation, 0R<nMathematical equation, then the fractional primary constraints with the mixed derivatives have the forms [30]

ϕ M a ( t , q M j , p M j , p M j α ) = 0 Mathematical equation(13)

where a=1,2,,n-RMathematical equation, 0R<nMathematical equation, j=1,2,,nMathematical equation. The fractional constrained Hamilton equations with the mixed derivatives have the forms [30]

q ˙ M i = H M p M i + λ M a ϕ M a p M i ,   p ˙ M i = - H M q M i + D t R L D t 2 α p M i α - λ M a ϕ M a q M i ,   D t 1 C D t α q M i = H M p M i α + λ M a ϕ M a p M i α Mathematical equation(14)

where HM=HM(t,qM,pM,pMα)Mathematical equation, qM=(qM1,qM2,,qMn)Mathematical equation, pM=(pM1,pM2,,pMn)Mathematical equation, pMα=(pM1α,pM2α,,pMnα)Mathematical equation, λMa(t)Mathematical equation are the Lagrange multipliers, a=1,2,,n-RMathematical equation, 0R<nMathematical equation, and i=1,2,,nMathematical equation.

However, when the Lagrange multipliers cannot be solved, Eq. (14) is invalid, and the fractional constrained Hamilton equations with the mixed derivatives have another forms, which have been investigated in Ref. [30]. In this paper, we discuss only the case in which the Lagrange multipliers can be solved.

For the Lagrangian LC=LC(t,qC,Dt1CDtαqC)Mathematical equation, where qC=(qC1,qC2,,qCn)Mathematical equation, t1CDtαqC=(t1CDtαqC1,Dt1CDtαqC2,,Dt1CDtαqCn)Mathematical equation,qCjMathematical equation are the generalized coordinates, t1CDtαqCjMathematical equation are the Caputo derivatives of qCjMathematical equation, qCj()C2([t1,t2];R)Mathematical equation, j=1,2,,nMathematical equation, LC(,,)C2([t1,t2]×Rn×Rn;R)Mathematical equation, and 0<α<1Mathematical equation, we define the corresponding generalized momenta and the Hamiltonian as

p C i = L C ( t , q C , D t 1 C D t α q C ) D t 1 C D t α q C i ,   H C = p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - L C ( t , q C , D t 1 C D t α q C ) ,   i = 1,2 , , n Mathematical equation(15)

We assume that the Lagrangian LC(t,qC,Dt1CDtαqC)Mathematical equation is singular, i.e., only RMathematical equation elements of t1CDtαqCiMathematical equation, i=1,2,,nMathematical equation, can be solved, where 0R<nMathematical equation.

In this case, the fractional primary constraints with the Caputo fractional derivatives have the forms [30]

ϕ C a ( t , q C j , p C j ) = 0 ,   a = 1,2 , , n - R ,   0 R < n ,   j = 1,2 , , n Mathematical equation(16)

The fractional constrained Hamilton equations with the Caputo fractional derivatives have the forms [30]

t 1 C D t α q C i = H C p C i + λ C a ϕ C a p C i ,   D t R L D t 2 α p C i = H C q C i + λ C a ϕ C a q C i Mathematical equation(17)

where HC=HC(t,qC,pC)Mathematical equation, qC=(qC1,qC2,,qCn)Mathematical equation, pC=(pC1,pC2,,pCn)Mathematical equation, λCaMathematical equation are the Lagrange multipliers, a=1,2,,n-Mathematical equationRMathematical equation, 0R<nMathematical equation, and i=1,2,,nMathematical equation.

Similarly, when the Lagrange multipliers cannot be solved, Eq. (17) is invalid, and the fractional constrained Hamilton equations with the Caputo fractional derivatives have another forms, which have been investigated in Ref. [30]. In this paper, we discuss only the case in which the Lagrange multipliers can be solved.

2 Fractional Noether Theorem with Mixed Derivatives

Noether symmetry with the mixed derivatives is determined by the Noether symmetric transformations, under which the fractional Hamilton action with the mixed derivatives

I M = t 1 t 2 L M ( t , q M , q ˙ M , D t 1 C D t α q M ) d t = t 1 t 2 ( p M i q ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) ) d t Mathematical equation(18)

remains invariant. Therefore, if we want to study the Noether theorem, we first need to give the infinitesimal transformations with the mixed derivatives. Then, we discuss the change of the fractional Hamilton action (Eq. (18)) under the given infinitesimal transformations. Finally, the condition which is called the fractional Noether identity with the mixed derivatives is obtained.

Here, the infinitesimal transformations have the forms

t ¯ = t + Δ t ,   q ¯ M i ( t ¯ ) = q M i ( t ) + Δ q M i ,   p ¯ M i ( t ¯ ) = p M i ( t ) + Δ p M i ,   p ¯ M i α ( t ¯ ) = p M i α ( t ) + Δ p M i α Mathematical equation(19)

whose expansions are

t ¯ = t + θ M ξ M 0 ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) + ο ( θ M ) ,   q ¯ M i ( t ¯ ) = q M i ( t ) + θ M ξ M i ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) + ο ( θ M ) , p ¯ M i ( t ¯ ) = p M i ( t ) + θ M η M i ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) + ο ( θ M ) ,    p ¯ M i α ( t ¯ ) = p M i α ( t ) + θ M η M i α ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) + ο ( θ M ) Mathematical equation(20)

where ξM0Mathematical equation, ξMiMathematical equation, ηMiMathematical equation and ηMiαMathematical equation are called the infinitesimal generators with the mixed derivatives, θMMathematical equation is a small parameter, and i=1,2,,nMathematical equation.

We denote the change of the fractional Hamilton action as ΔIMMathematical equation, namely, ΔIM=I¯M-IMMathematical equation. If we consider only the linear part of θMMathematical equation, then we have

Δ I M = t ¯ 1 t ¯ 2 ( p ¯ M i q ¯ ˙ M i + p ¯ M i α D t ¯ 1 C D t ¯ α q ¯ M i - H M ( t , q ¯ M , p ¯ M , p ¯ M α ) ) d t ¯ - t 1 t 2 ( p M i q ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) ) d t = t 1 t 2 [ ( p M i + Δ p M i ) ( q ˙ M i + Δ q ˙ M i ) + ( p M i α + Δ p M i α ) ( t 1 C D t α q M i + D t 1 C D t α δ q M i + Δ t d d t D t 1 C D t α q M i - 1 Γ ( 1 - α ) ( ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) Δ t 1 ) ) - H M ( t + Δ t , q M j + Δ q M j , p M j + Δ p M j , p M j α + Δ p M j α ) ] ( 1 + d d t Δ t ) d t - t 1 t 2 ( p M i q ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) ) d t = t 1 t 2 [ p M i q ˙ M i + p M i Δ q ˙ M i + Δ p M i q ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α δ q M i + p M i α Δ t d d t D t 1 C D t α q M i + Δ p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - p M i α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) Δ t 1 - H M ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) - H M t Δ t - H M q M i Δ q M i - H M p M i Δ p M i - H M p M i α Δ p M i α + ( p M i q ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ) d d t Δ t ] d t - t 1 t 2 ( p M i q ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ( t , q M , p M , p M α ) ) d t = θ M t 1 t 2 [ p M i ξ ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) + ( p M i α d d t D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M t ) ξ M 0 + λ M a ϕ M a p M i α η M i α - p M i α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) + ( p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ) ξ ˙ M 0 - H M q M i ξ M i + λ M a ϕ M a p M i η M i ] d t Mathematical equation(21)

where

  D t ¯ 1 C D t ¯ α q ¯ M i = D t 1 C D t α q M i + D t 1 C D t α δ q M i + Δ t d d t D t 1 C D t α q M i - 1 Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) Δ t 1 ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) = ξ M 0 ( t 1 , q M ( t 1 ) , p M ( t 1 ) , p M α ( t 1 ) ) ,   Δ q ˙ M i = θ M ( ξ ˙ M i - q ˙ M i ξ ˙ M 0 ) , Mathematical equation

That fractional Hamilton action remains invariant implies ΔIM=0Mathematical equation, therefore, from Eq. (21), we have

p M i ξ ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) + ( p M i α d d t D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M t ) ξ M 0 - H M q M i ξ M i + λ M a ϕ M a p M i α η M i α + λ M a ϕ M a p M i η M i - p M i α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) + ( p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ) ξ ˙ M 0 = 0 ,   i = 1,2 , , n Mathematical equation(22)

Equation (22) is called the fractional Noether identity with the mixed derivatives for the fractional constrained Hamiltonian system (Eq. (14)). The infinitesimal transformations in this case are called the Noether symmetric transformations, which determine the Noether symmetry.

In this paper, we adopt Atanacković's definition of the fractional conserved quantity. We review it first.

Definition 1 [22] A quantity CMathematical equation is called a fractional conserved quantity if and only if dC/dt=0Mathematical equation holds.

Theorem 1   If the infinitesimal generators ξM0Mathematical equation, ξMiMathematical equation, ηMiMathematical equation and ηMiαMathematical equation satisfy the fractional Noether identity (Eq. (22)), then a fractional conserved quantity with the mixed derivatives exists for the fractional constrained Hamiltonian system (Eq. (14)), as follows:

C M = ( p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ) ξ M 0 + t 1 t [ p M i α D t 1 C D τ α ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) - ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) D τ R L D t 2 α p M i α ] d τ + p M i ξ M i - t 1 t p M i α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( τ - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) d τ = c o n s t Mathematical equation(23)

Proof   It is obtained from Eqs. (14), (23) that

d d t C M = ( p ˙ M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i + p M i α d d t D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M t - H M p M i p ˙ M i - H M q M i q ˙ M i - H M p M i α p ˙ M i α ) ξ M 0 + ( p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ) ξ ˙ M 0 + p M i α D t 1 C D t α ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) - ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) D t R L D t 2 α p M i α + p M i ξ ˙ M i - p M i α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) + p ˙ M i ξ M i = H M q M i ξ M i + p ˙ M i ξ M i + ( p ˙ M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M p M i p ˙ M i - H M q M i q ˙ M i - H M p M i α p ˙ M i α ) ξ M 0 - ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) D t R L D t 2 α p M i α - λ M a ϕ M a p M i α η M i α - λ M a ϕ M a p M i η M i = ( p ˙ M i + H M q M i - D t R L D t 2 α p M i α + λ M a ϕ M a q M i ) ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) - λ M a ϕ M a p M i α η M i α - λ M a ϕ M a q M i ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) + ( p ˙ M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - p ˙ M i α H M p M i α - H M p M i p ˙ M i ) ξ M 0 - λ M a ϕ M a p M i η M i + p ˙ M i ξ M 0 ( H M p M i + λ M a ϕ M a p M i ) = - λ M a ϕ M a p M i α η M i α - λ M a ϕ M a p M i η M i + p ˙ M i α ξ M 0 λ M a ϕ M a p M i α - λ M a ϕ M a q M i ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) + p ˙ M i ξ M 0 λ M a ϕ M a p M i = - λ M a ϕ M a p M i α ( η M i α - p ˙ M i α ξ M 0 ) - λ M a ϕ M a p M i ( η M i - p ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) - λ M a ϕ M a q M i ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) = 0 Mathematical equation

where

δ ϕ M a ( t , q M j , p M j , p M j α ) = ϕ M a q M i δ q M i + ϕ M a p M i δ p M i + ϕ M a p M i α δ p M i α = ϕ M a q M i ( Δ q M i - q ˙ M i Δ t ) + ϕ M a p M i ( Δ p M i - p ˙ M i Δ t ) + ϕ M a p M i α ( Δ p M i α - p ˙ M i α Δ t ) = θ M [ ϕ M a q M i ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) + ϕ M a p M i ( η M i - p ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) + ϕ M a p M i α ( η M i α - p ˙ M i α ξ M 0 ) ] = 0 Mathematical equation

The proof is completed.

Furthermore, if the fractional Hamilton action (Eq. (18)) does not remain invariant under the infinitesimal transformations with the mixed derivatives, for instance, if ΔIM=I¯M-IM=-t1t2ddt(ΔGM)dtMathematical equation, where ΔGM=θMGMMathematical equation and GM=GM(t,qMj,pMjα,pMj)Mathematical equation is called a gauge function with the mixed derivatives, then from Eq. (21), we obtain

p M i ξ ˙ M i + p M i α D t 1 C D t α ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) + ( p M i α d d t D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M t ) ξ M 0 - H M q M i ξ M i + λ M a ϕ M a p M i α η M i α + λ M a ϕ M a p M i η M i - p M i α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) + ( p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ) ξ ˙ M 0 + G ˙ M = 0 Mathematical equation(24)

Equation (24) is called the fractional Noether-quasi identity with the mixed derivatives for the fractional constrained Hamiltonian system (Eq. (14)). The infinitesimal transformations in this case are called the Noether-quasi symmetric transformations with the mixed derivatives, which determine the Noether-quasi symmetry with the mixed derivatives. Then, a fractional conserved quantity can also be obtained from the Noether-quasi symmetry.

Theorem 2   If the infinitesimal generators ξM0Mathematical equation, ξMiMathematical equation, ηMiMathematical equation, ηMiαMathematical equation and a gauge function GMMathematical equation satisfy the fractional Noether-quasi identity (Eq. (24)), then a fractional conserved quantity with the mixed derivatives exists for the fractional constrained Hamiltonian system (Eq. (14))

C G M = ( p M i α D t 1 C D t α q M i - H M ) ξ M 0 + t 1 t [ p M i α D t 1 C D τ α ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) - ( ξ M i - q ˙ M i ξ M 0 ) D τ R L D t 2 α p M i α ] d τ + p M i ξ M i - t 1 t p M i α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( τ - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M i ( t 1 ) ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) d τ + G M = c o n s t Mathematical equation(25)

Proof   The intended result can be obtained from Eqs. (14), (24) and (25).

Remark 1   The Noether-quasi symmetry with the mixed derivatives is more general than the Noether symmetry with the mixed derivatives. In fact, by setting GM=0Mathematical equation, Theorem 2 reduces to Theorem 1.

An example is presented to illustrate the results and methods above.

Example 1 For the Lagrangian

L M = q ˙ M 1 q M 2 - q M 1 q ˙ M 2 + q M 1 2 + q M 2 2 + 1 2 [ ( t 1 C D t α q M 1 ) 2 + ( t 1 C D t α q M 2 ) 2 ] Mathematical equation(26)

find its conserved quantity.

For this Lagrangian LMMathematical equation, there exist two fractional primary constraints [30]

ϕ M 1 = p M 1 - q M 2 = 0 ,   ϕ M 2 = p M 2 + q M 1 = 0 Mathematical equation(27)

In addition, all the Lagrange multipliers can be obtained [30]:

λ M 1 = - q M 2 - 1 2 D t R L D t 2 α p M 2 α ,   λ M 2 = q M 1 + 1 2 D t R L D t 2 α p M 1 α Mathematical equation(28)

The fractional constrained Hamilton equations can also be established [30]:

q ˙ M 1 = - q M 2 - 1 2 D t R L D t 2 α p M 2 α ,   q ˙ M 2 = q M 1 + 1 2 D t R L D t 2 α p M 1 α ,   p ˙ M 1 = q M 1 + 1 2 D t R L D t 2 α p M 1 α , [ p M 2 = q 2 + 12 R L t D α t 2 p α M 2 ,   C t 1 D α t q M 1 = p α M 1 ,   C t 1 D α t q M 2 = p α M 2 ] Mathematical equation(29)

The fractional Noether-quasi identity (Eq. (24)) gives

p M 1 ξ ˙ M 1 + p M 1 α D t 1 C D t α ( ξ M 1 - q ˙ M 1 ξ M 0 ) + ( p M 1 α d d t D t 1 C D t α q M 1 + p M 2 α d d t D t 1 C D t α q M 2 ) ξ M 0 + λ M 1 η M 1 + λ M 2 η M 2 + 2 q M 1 ξ M 1 + 2 q M 2 ξ M 2 - p M 1 α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M 1 ( t 1 ) ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) + p M 2 ξ ˙ M 2 - p M 2 α Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ M 2 ( t 1 ) ξ M 0 ( t 1 ) + p M 2 α D t 1 C D t α ( ξ M 2 - q ˙ M 2 ξ M 0 ) + ( p M 1 α D t 1 C D t α q M 1 + p M 2 α D t 1 C D t α q M 2 - H M ) ξ ˙ M 0 + G ˙ M = 0 Mathematical equation(30)

Through computation, we can verify that

ξ M 0 = - 1 ,   ξ M 1 = ξ M 2 = 0 ,   η M 1 = η M 2 = 0 ,   η M 1 α = η M 2 α = 0 ,   G M = 0 Mathematical equation(31)

is a solution to Eq. (30). Finally, Theorem 2 gives the fractional conserved quantity

C G M = t 1 t ( p M 1 α d d τ D t 1 C D τ α q M 1 + p M 2 α d d τ D t 1 C D τ α q M 2 - q ˙ M 1 D τ R L D t 2 α p M 1 α - q ˙ M 2 D τ R L D t 2 α p M 2 α ) d τ - [ 1 2 ( p M 1 α ) 2 + 1 2 ( p M 2 α ) 2 + q M 1 2 + q M 2 2 ] = c o n s t Mathematical equation(32)

3 Fractional Noether Theorem with only Caputo Fractional Derivatives

Noether symmetry with the Caputo fractional derivative is determined by the Noether symmetric transformations under which the fractional Hamilton action with the Caputo fractional derivatives

I C = t 1 t 2 L C ( t , q C , D t 1 C D t α q C ) d t = t 1 t 2 ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ( t , q C , p C ) ) d t Mathematical equation(33)

remains invariant. Similarly, if we want to study the Noether theorem, we first need to give the infinitesimal transformations with the Caputo fractional derivative; then, we discuss the change of the fractional Hamilton action (Eq. (33)) under the given infinitesimal transformations. Finally, the condition called the fractional Noether identity with the Caputo fractional derivatives is obtained.

Here, the infinitesimal transformations have the forms

t ¯ = t + Δ t ,   q ¯ C i ( t ¯ ) = q C i ( t ) + Δ q C i ,   p ¯ C i ( t ¯ ) = p C i ( t ) + Δ p C i Mathematical equation(34)

whose expansions are

t ¯ = t + θ C ξ C 0 ( t , q C , p C ) + ο ( θ C ) ,   q ¯ C i ( t ¯ ) = q C i ( t ) + θ C ξ C i ( t , q C , p C ) + ο ( θ C ) ,   p ¯ C i ( t ¯ ) = p C i ( t ) + θ C η C i ( t , q C , p C ) + ο ( θ C ) Mathematical equation(35)

where ξC0Mathematical equation, ξCiMathematical equation and ηCiMathematical equation are called the infinitesimal generators with the Caputo fractional derivatives, θCMathematical equation is a small parameter, and i=1,2,,nMathematical equation.

We denote the change of the fractional Hamilton action (Eq. (33)) as ΔICMathematical equation; namely, ΔIC=I¯C-ICMathematical equation. If we consider only the linear part of θCMathematical equation, then we have

Δ I C = t ¯ 1 t ¯ 2 ( p ¯ C i D t ¯ 1 C D t ¯ α q ¯ C i - H C ( t , q ¯ C , p ¯ C ) ) d t ¯ - t 1 t 2 ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ( t , q C , p C ) ) d t = t 1 t 2 [ ( p C i + Δ p C i ) ( t 1 C D t α q C i + D t 1 C D t α δ q C i + Δ t d d t D t 1 C D t α q C i - 1 Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C i ( t 1 ) Δ t 1 ) - H C ( t + Δ t , q C j + Δ q C j , p C j + Δ p C j ) ] ( 1 + d d t Δ t ) d t - t 1 t 2 ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ( t , q C , p C ) ) d t = t 1 t 2 [ p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i + p C i D t 1 C D t α δ q C i + p C i Δ t d d t D t 1 C D t α q C i + Δ p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ( t , q C , p C ) - p C i Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C i ( t 1 ) Δ t 1 - H C t Δ t - H C p C i Δ p C i + ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ) d d t Δ t - H C q C i Δ q C i ] d t - t 1 t 2 ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ( t , q C , p C ) ) d t = θ C t 1 t 2 [ p C i D t 1 C D t α ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) + ( p C i d d t D t 1 C D t α q C i - H M t ) ξ C 0 - H C q C i ξ C i - p C i Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C i ( t 1 ) ξ C 0 ( t 1 ) + ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ) ξ ˙ C 0 + λ C a ϕ C a p C i η C i ] d t Mathematical equation(36)

where

  D t ¯ 1 C D t ¯ α q ¯ C i = D t 1 C D t α q C i + D t 1 C D t α δ q C i + Δ t d d t D t 1 C D t α q C i - 1 Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C i ( t 1 ) Δ t 1 ,   ξ C 0 ( t 1 ) = ξ C 0 ( t 1 , q C ( t 1 ) , p C ( t 1 ) ) . Mathematical equation

That fractional Hamilton action (Eq. (33)) remains invariant implies ΔIC=0Mathematical equation; therefore, from Eq. (36), we have

p C i D t 1 C D t α ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) + ( p C i d d t D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C t ) ξ C 0 - H C q C i ξ C i + λ C a ϕ C a p C i η C i - p C i Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C i ( t 1 ) ξ C 0 ( t 1 ) + ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ) ξ ˙ C 0 = 0 ,   i = 1,2 , , n Mathematical equation(37)

Equation (37) is called the fractional Noether identity with the Caputo fractional derivatives for the fractional constrained Hamiltonian system (Eq. (17)). The infinitesimal transformations in this case are called the Noether symmetric transformations with the Caputo fractional derivatives, which determine the Noether symmetry.

Theorem 3   If the infinitesimal generators ξC0Mathematical equation, ξCiMathematical equation, ηCiMathematical equation and ηCiαMathematical equation satisfy the fractional Noether identity (Eq. (37)), then a fractional conserved quantity with the Caputo fractional derivatives exists for the fractional constrained Hamiltonian system (Eq. (17)) as follows:

C C = ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ) ξ C 0 + t 1 t [ p C i D t 1 C D τ α ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) - ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) D τ R L D t 2 α p C i ] d τ [ - t 1 t p C i Γ 1 - α τ - t 1 - α q C i t 1 ξ C 0 t 1 d τ = c o n s t ] Mathematical equation(38)

Proof   It is obtained from Eqs. (17), (37) and (38) that

d d t C C = ( p ˙ C i D t 1 C D t α q C i + p C i d d t D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C t - H C q C i q ˙ C i - H C p C i p ˙ C i ) ξ C 0 + ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ) ξ ˙ C 0 + p C i D t 1 C D t α ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) - ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) D t R L D t 2 α p C i - p C i Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C i ( t 1 ) ξ C 0 ( t 1 ) = H C q C i ξ C i + ( p ˙ C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C p C i p ˙ C i - H C q C i q ˙ C i ) ξ C 0 - ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) D t R L D t 2 α p C i α - λ C a ϕ C a p C i η C i = ( H C q C i - D t R L D t 2 α p C i + λ C a ϕ C a q C i ) ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) - λ C a ϕ C a p C i η C i - λ C a ϕ C a q C i ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) + ( p ˙ C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C p C i p ˙ C i ) ξ C 0 = - λ C a ϕ C a p C i η C i + p ˙ C i ξ C 0 λ C a ϕ C a p C i - λ C a ϕ C a q C i ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) = - λ C a ϕ C a p C i ( η C i - p ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) - λ C a ϕ C a q C i ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) = 0 , Mathematical equation

where

δ ϕ C a ( t , q C j , p C j ) = ϕ C a q C i δ q C i + ϕ C a p C i δ p C i = ϕ C a q C i ( Δ q C i - q ˙ C i Δ t ) + ϕ C a p C i ( Δ p C i - p ˙ C i Δ t ) = θ C [ ϕ C a q C i ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) + ϕ C a p C i ( η C i - p ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) ] = 0 . Mathematical equation

The proof is completed.

Let ΔIC=I¯C-IC=-t1t2ddt(ΔGC)dtMathematical equation, where ΔGC=θCGCMathematical equation and GC=GC(t,qCj,pCj)Mathematical equation is a gauge function with the Caputo fractional derivatives; then, from Eq. (37), we obtain

p C i D t 1 C D t α ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) + ( p C i d d t D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C t ) ξ C 0 - H C q C i ξ C i + λ C a ϕ C a p C i η C i - p C i Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C i ( t 1 ) ξ C 0 ( t 1 ) + ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ) ξ ˙ C 0 + G ˙ C = 0 ,   i = 1,2 , , n Mathematical equation(39)

Equation (39) is called the fractional Noether-quasi identity with the Caputo fractional derivatives for the fractional constrained Hamiltonian system (Eq. (17)). The infinitesimal transformations in this case are called Noether-quasi symmetric transformations, which determine the Noether-quasi symmetry. Then, a fractional conserved quantity with the Caputo fractional derivatives can be obtained.

Theorem 4   If the infinitesimal generators ξC0Mathematical equation, ξCiMathematical equation, ηCiMathematical equation, and a gauge function GCMathematical equation satisfy the fractional Noether-quasi identity (Eq. (39)), then a fractional conserved quantity with the Caputo fractional derivatives exists for the fractional constrained Hamiltonian system (Eq. (17))

C G C = ( p C i D t 1 C D t α q C i - H C ) ξ C 0 + t 1 t [ p C i D t 1 C D τ α ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) - ( ξ C i - q ˙ C i ξ C 0 ) D τ R L D t 2 α p C i ] d τ - t 1 t p C i Γ ( 1 - α ) ( τ - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C i ( t 1 ) ξ C 0 ( t 1 ) d τ + G C = c o n s t Mathematical equation(40)

Proof   The intended result can be obtained from Eqs. (17), (39) and (40).

Remark 2   Based on the Caputo fractional derivatives, the Noether-quasi symmetry is more general than the Noether symmetry. In fact, by setting GC=0Mathematical equation, Theorem 4 reduces to Theorem 3.

Remark 3   Based on the Caputo fractional derivatives, if let α1Mathematical equation, then the fractional primary constraint (Eq. (16)), the fractional constrained Hamilton equation (Eq. (17)) and the Noether theorem (Theorem 3) reduce to the corresponding classical integer-order cases, which are consistent with the results in Ref. [6].

An example is presented to illustrate the results and methods above.

Example 2 For the Lagrangian

L C = q C 2 D t 1 C D t α q C 1 - q C 1 D t 1 C D t α q C 2 + ( q C 1 ) 2 + ( q C 2 ) 2 Mathematical equation(41)

find its conserved quantity.

For this Lagrangian LCMathematical equation, there exist two fractional primary constraints [30]:

ϕ C 1 = p C 1 - q C 2 = 0 ,   ϕ C 2 = p C 2 + q C 1 = 0 . Mathematical equation(42)

The fractional constrained Hamilton equations can also be established [30]:

t R L D t 2 α p C 1 = - 2 q C 1 + D t 1 C D t α q C 2 ,   D t R L D t 2 α p C 2 = - 2 q C 2 - D t 1 C D t α q C 1 Mathematical equation(43)

The fractional Noether-quasi identity (Eq. (39)) gives

p C 1 D t 1 C D t α ( ξ C 1 - q ˙ C 1 ξ C 0 ) + p C 2 D t 1 C D t α ( ξ C 2 - q ˙ C 2 ξ C 0 ) + 2 q C 1 ξ C 1 + 2 q C 2 ξ C 2 + λ C 1 η C 1 + λ C 2 η C 2 + ( p C 1 d d t D t 1 C D t α q C 1 + p C 2 d d t D t 1 C D t α q C 2 ) ξ C 0 - p C 1 Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C 1 ( t 1 ) ξ C 0 ( t 1 ) - p C 2 Γ ( 1 - α ) ( t - t 1 ) - α q ˙ C 2 ( t 1 ) ξ C 0 ( t 1 ) + ( p C 1 D t 1 C D t α q C 1 + p C 2 D t 1 C D t α q C 2 - H C ) ξ ˙ C 0 + G ˙ C = 0 Mathematical equation(44)

Through computation, we can verify that

ξ C 0 = - 1 ,   ξ C 1 = ξ C 2 = 0 ,   η C 1 = η C 2 = 0 ,   G C = 0 Mathematical equation(45)

is a solution to Eq. (44). Finally, Theorem 4 gives the fractional conserved quantity

C G C = t 1 t ( p C 1 d d τ D t 1 C D τ α q C 1 + p C 2 d d τ D t 1 C D τ α q C 2 ) d τ - [ p C 1 D t 1 C D t α q C 1 + p C 2 D t 1 C D t α q C 2 + q C 1 2 + q C 2 2 ] Mathematical equation(46)

4 Conclusion

Noether theorems for the singular systems with the mixed derivatives and with only Caputo fractional derivatives are studied for the first time. Theorems 1-4 are all new work. Besides, the constrained Hamiltonian system on time scales is another topic deserved to be done.

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