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Noether’s theorem and quantum mechanics

A. V. Borisov

Memoirs of the Faculty of Physics 2026. N 3.

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In this methological paper, we show that, by considering the Schr¨odinger and Pauli equations for the wave function of a particle as the Lagrange equations of classical field theory, it is possible, on the basis of Noether’s theorem, to obtain Noether charges (constants of motion) in the form of quantum-mechanical expectation values of the observables of thep article, to which are associated self-adjoint operators of energy, momentum and angular momentum, as well as the law of conservation of probability.

Received: 2026 May 7
Approved: 2026 July 4
PACS:
03.65.-w Quantum mechanics
03.50.-z Classical field theories
Authors
A. V. Borisov
$^1$Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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