Arbitrariness of the general solution and symmetries

DOI10.1007/BF00996120MaRDI QIDQ1903571zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Werner M. Seiler

Publication date 29 August 1996

Published in Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00996120

zbMATH Keywords

Einstein's vacuum field equationsgauge theoryYang-Mills equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear higher-order PDEs (35G20) Invariance and symmetry properties for PDEs on manifolds (58J70) Classical field theories (70Sxx)

Review text

Results of the author [J. Math. Phys. 35, No. 1, 486-498 (1994; Zbl 0803.35143)] concerning the computation of the number of arbitrary functions in the general solution of a system of involutive PDEs are briefly reviewed. They are used to study normal systems and their symmetry reductions. The computation of the number of physical degrees of freedom in gauge systems and the analysis of gauge fixing conditions are discussed. As examples, the Yang-Mills equations with the Lorentz gauge and Einstein's vacuum field equations with harmonic coordinates are considered.

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