Applications of Symmetry Methods to Partial Differential Equations

• Main Authors: Bluman, George W. (Author), Cheviakov, Alexei F. (Author), Anco, Stephen C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences, 168
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.; Analysis.

This is an accessible book on advanced symmetry methods for partial differential equations. Topics include conservation laws, local symmetries, higher-order symmetries, contact transformations, delete "adjoint symmetries," Noether’s theorem, local mappings, nonlocally related PDE systems,...