Conservation laws for a generalized coupled Korteweg-de Vries system (Q460320)

Summary: We construct conservation laws for a generalized coupled KdV system, which is a third-order system of nonlinear partial differential equations. We employ Noether's approach to derive the conservation laws. Since the system does not have a Lagrangian, we make use of the transformation \(u=U_x\), \(v=V_x\) and convert the system to a fourth-order system in \(U\), \(V\). This new system has a Lagrangian, and so the Noether approach can now be used to obtain conservation laws. Finally, the conservation laws are expressed in the \(u\), \(v\) variables, and they constitute the conservation laws for the third-order generalized coupled KdV system. Some local and infinitely many nonlocal conserved quantities are found.