SYMMETRY REDUCTION IN THE VARIATIONAL APPROACH TO LIOUVILLE DYNAMICS

In a recent paper, a variational principle for Liouville dynamics (vector fields preserving a volume form) was introduced. In the present paper, we discuss the relation between symmetries and conservation laws in Liouville dynamics. We recall a result by Crampin relating symmetries and conserved quantities in Liouville dynamics, and discuss how symmetry reduction is implemented in the frame of the variational principle for Liouville dynamics.