Lowest degree invariant second-order PDEs over rational homogeneous contact manifolds

Publication date 13 February 2019

Abstract: For each simple Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g

(excluding, for trivial reasons, type

s f C

) we find the lowest possible degree of an invariant second-order PDE over the adjoint variety in

m a t h b b P m a t h f r a k g

, a homogeneous contact manifold. Here a PDE

F (x^{i}, u, u_{i}, u_{i j}) = 0

has degree

l e d

if

F

is a polynomial of degree

l e d

in the minors of

(u_{i j})

, with coefficients functions of the contact coordinates

x^{i}

,

u

,

u_{i}

(e.g., Monge-Amp`ere equations have degree 1). For

m a t h f r a k g

of type

s f A

or

s f G

we show that this gives all invariant second-order PDEs. For

m a t h f r a k g

of type

s f B

and

s f D

we provide an explicit formula for the lowest-degree invariant second-order PDEs. For

m a t h f r a k g

of type

s f E

and

s f F

we prove uniqueness of the lowest-degree invariant second-order PDE; we also conjecture that uniqueness holds in type

s f D

.

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