Completely exceptional 2nd order PDEs via conformal geometry and BGG resolution

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2016.04.021zbMATH Open1362.35148arXiv1604.08361OpenAlexW2344700101MaRDI QIDQ508064FDOQ508064

Authors: Jan Gutt, Gianni Manno, Giovanni Moreno 

Publication date: 9 February 2017

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: By studying the development of shock waves out of discontinuity waves, in 1954 P. Lax discovered a class of PDEs, which he called 'completely exceptional', where such a transition does not occur after a finite time. A straightforward integration of the completely exceptionality conditions allowed Boillat to show that such PDEs are actually of Monge-Ampere type. In this paper, we first recast these conditions in terms of characteristics, and then we show that the completely exceptional PDEs, with 2 or 3 independent variables, can be described in terms of the conformal geometry of the Lagrangian Grassmannian, where they are naturally embedded. Moreover, for an arbitrary number of independent variables, we show that the space of r-th degree sections of the Lagrangian Grassmannian can be resolved via a BGG operator. In the particular case of 1st degree sections, i.e., hyperplane sections or, equivalently, Monge-Ampere equations, such operator is a close analog of the trace-free second fundamental form.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.08361

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zbMATH Keywords

characteristics of PDEscomplete exceptional PDEsLagrangian GrassmanniansMonge-Ampére equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Monge-Ampère equations (35J96) Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature (53A10)

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