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Homework Statement
Show that the Lagrangian
[itex]\mathcal{L}=\frac{m}{2}\vec{\dot{r}}^2 \, \frac{1}{(1+g \vec{r}^2)^2}[/itex]
is invariant under the Transformation
[itex]\vec{r} \rightarrow \tilde{r}=\vec{r}+\vec{a}(1-g\vec{r}^2)+2g\vec{r}(\vec{r} \cdot \vec{a}) [/itex]
where b is a constant and [itex]\vec{a}[/itex] are infinitesimal parameters.
2. The attempt at a solution
[itex](1+g\vec{\tilde{r}}^2)^2=(1+g\vec{r}^2)^2 (1+4g(\vec{r} \cdot \vec{a}))[/itex]
[itex]\frac{d \vec{\tilde{r}}}{dt}=\vec{\dot{r}}-2g\vec{a}(\vec{r}\cdot \vec{\dot{r}})+2g(\underbrace{\vec{\dot{r}} (\vec{a}\cdot \vec{r})+\vec{r}(\vec{a}\cdot\vec{\dot{r}}}_{?}))[/itex]
Can you tell me, wheter this is OK so far?