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If the corresponding smooth Lagrangian density is invariant by some group of transformations, there exist the corresponding conserved Noether currents. Generally, numerical schemes dealing with PDEs fail to reflect these conservation properties. We describe the main ingredients needed to create, from the smooth Lagrangian density, a variational principle for discrete motions of a discrete rod, with the corresponding conserved Noether currents. We describe all geometrical objects in terms of elements on the linear Atiyah bundle using a reduced forward difference operator. We show how this introduces a discrete Lagrangian density that models the discrete dynamics of a discrete rod. 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