Generalized symmetries and constants of motion of evolution equations

DOI10.1007/BF00401927zbMath0426.35051OpenAlexW1971996931MaRDI QIDQ1135998

Athanassios S. Fokas

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00401927

zbMATH Keywords

evolution equationsLagrangian formulationconstants of motiongeneralized symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic conservation laws (35L65) Initial value problems for linear higher-order PDEs (35G10) Higher-order parabolic equations (35K25)

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• Group theoretical nature of conservation theorems
• Lie-Bäcklund tangent transformations
• Evolution equations possessing infinitely many symmetries
• Korteweg-de Vries Equation and Generalizations. II. Existence of Conservation Laws and Constants of Motion
• Korteweg-deVries Equation and Generalizations. V. Uniqueness and Nonexistence of Polynomial Conservation Laws
• Integrals of nonlinear equations of evolution and solitary waves

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