SU(3) symmetry of the equations of unidimensional gas flow, with arbitrary entropy distribution

DOI10.1063/1.526147zbMath0598.76008MaRDI QIDQ3734004

B. Gaffet

Publication date: 1984

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.526147

zbMATH Keywords

Euler equations; hidden symmetries; breaking of symmetry; Lorentz transformations; special unitary group; characteristic equations; self-similar flow; infinite number of conservation laws; Lie group of symmetry of infinite order; multiplicative factor; three-dimensional Minkowski space; entropy distribution; Cauchy integrability condition; conjugate, three-dimensional vectors; one-dimensional gas flow; SU(3) group of transformations; traceless second rank tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76N15: Gas dynamics (general theory)

22E70: Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations

76A02: Foundations of fluid mechanics

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