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On the contact equivalence problem of second order ODEs which are quadratic with respect to the second order derivative

Differential Geometry 2013-02-26 v2

Abstract

In the present paper we establish the necessary and sufficient conditions for two ordinary differential equations of the form y"2+A(x,y,y)y"+B(x,y,y)=0y"{}^2+A(x,y,y') y"+B(x,y,y')=0 to be equivalent under the action of the pseudogroup of contact transformations. These conditions are formulated in terms of integrals of some one-dimensional distributions.

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@article{arxiv.1206.0581,
  title  = {On the contact equivalence problem of second order ODEs which are quadratic with respect to the second order derivative},
  author = {Vadim V. Shurygin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.0581},
  year   = {2013}
}

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10 pages