Cartan's concept of duality for second-order ordinary differential equations

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2004.09.003MaRDI QIDQ557161zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mike Crampin, David J. Saunders

Publication date 23 June 2005

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

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-323275

zbMATH Keywords

Cartan differential equationsCartan projective connectionCR structureDualitySecond-order ordinary differential equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric methods in ordinary differential equations (34A26) Projective differential geometry (53A20) Projective connections (53B10) Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory) (58A15)

Review text

The paper discusses the theory of second-order ordinary differential equations initiated by Élie Cartan in 1924 [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 52, 205--241 (1924; JFM 50.0500.02 )], as renewed by a recent paper of \textit{S. Frittelli, C. Kozameh, E.T. Newman} [Differential geometry from differential equations, Commun. Math. Phys. 223, 383--408 (2001; Zbl 1027.53080)]. In order to help the modern reader in understanding Cartan's approach, the authors recall and use Sharpe's modern account of Cartan's theory of connexions.

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