Involutive tableaux, characteristic varieties, and rank-one varieties in the geometric study of PDEs

DOI10.4064/BC117-3MaRDI QIDQ5742263zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Abraham D. Smith

Publication date 13 May 2019

Published in Banach Center Publications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.04930

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic varietyGuillemin normal forminvolutive tableaux

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Exterior differential systems (Cartan theory) (58A15)

Abstract: This expository monograph cuts a short path from the common, elementary background in geometry (linear algebra, vector bundles, and algebraic ideals) to the most advanced theorems about involutive exterior differential systems: (1) The incidence correspondence of the characteristic variety, (2) Guillemin normal form and Quillen's thesis, (3) The Integrability of Characteristics by Guillemin, Quillen, Sternberg, and Gabber, and (4) Yang's Hyperbolicity Criterion. To do so, the geometric theory of PDEs is reinterpreted as the study of smooth sub-bundles of the Grassmann bundle, whereby the rank-1 variety is emphasized. The primary computational tool is an enhanced formulation of Guillemin normal form that is equivalent to involutivity of tableaux.

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• Cartan

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