On the geometric origin of the equation \(\phi_{11}-\phi_{22} = \exp(\phi)-\exp(-2\phi)\)

DOI10.1007/BF00943430zbMath0467.53012MaRDI QIDQ1155870

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1980

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

zbMATH Keywords

Lax representation; nonlinear evolution equation; inverse scattering method; unimodular affine space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35Q99: Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application

53A15: Affine differential geometry

53B21: Methods of local Riemannian geometry