Characteristic cohomology of differential systems. II: Conservation laws for a class of parabolic equations

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07824-7zbMath0853.58005WikidataQ57535326 ScholiaQ57535326MaRDI QIDQ1902023

Phillip A. Griffiths, Robert L. Bryant

Publication date: 5 January 1997

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

conservation lawsevolution equationsparabolic equationsexterior differential systemsMonge-Ampere systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory) (58A15) Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Initial value problems for linear higher-order PDEs (35G10) Heat and other parabolic equation methods for PDEs on manifolds (58J35) Second-order parabolic equations (35K10) Higher-order parabolic equations (35K25) Topological aspects for pseudodifferential operators in context of PDEs: intersection cohomology, stratified sets, etc. (35S35)

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