Shape maps for second order partial differential equations

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Abstract: We analyse the singularity formation of congruences of solutions of systems of second order PDEs via the construction of emph{shape maps}. The trace of such maps represents a congruence volume whose collapse we study through an appropriate evolution equation, akin to Raychaudhuri's equation. We develop the necessary geometric framework on a suitable jet space in which the shape maps appear naturally associated with certain linear connections. Explicit computations are given, along with a nontrivial example.









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