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Local conservation laws of second-order evolution equations

Analysis of PDEs 2008-08-06 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Generalizing results by Bryant and Griffiths [Duke Math. J., 1995, V.78, 531-676], we completely describe local conservation laws of second-order (1+1)-dimensional evolution equations up to contact equivalence. The possible dimensions of spaces of conservation laws prove to be 0, 1, 2 and infinity. The canonical forms of equations with respect to contact equivalence are found for all nonzero dimensions of spaces of conservation laws.

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@article{arxiv.0806.2765,
  title  = {Local conservation laws of second-order evolution equations},
  author = {Roman O. Popovych and Anatoly M. Samoilenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.2765},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

11 pages, minor corrections

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