Smoothness of solutions of certain partial differential equations constructed from vector fields

1979 ◽  
pp. 227-230
Author(s):  
Linda Preiss Rothschild
Keyword(s):  
Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Partial Differential ◽  
Smoothness Of Solutions

scholarly journals Geometrical Formulation for Adjoint-Symmetries of Partial Differential Equations

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 1547
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Anco ◽  
Bao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
Tangent Vector ◽  
Solution Space ◽  
Partial Differential ◽  
Geometrical Meaning ◽  
Geometrical Formulation

A geometrical formulation for adjoint-symmetries as one-forms is studied for general partial differential equations (PDEs), which provides a dual counterpart of the geometrical meaning of symmetries as tangent vector fields on the solution space of a PDE. Two applications of this formulation are presented. Additionally, for systems of evolution equations, adjoint-symmetries are shown to have another geometrical formulation given by one-forms that are invariant under the flow generated by the system on the solution space. This result is generalized to systems of evolution equations with spatial constraints, where adjoint-symmetry one-forms are shown to be invariant up to a functional multiplier of a normal one-form associated with the constraint equations. All of the results are applicable to the PDE systems of interest in applied mathematics and mathematical physics.

scholarly journals SYMMETRIES, NEWTONOID VECTOR FIELDS AND CONSERVATION LAWS IN THE LAGRANGIAN k-SYMPLECTIC FORMALISM

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1250030 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCÍA BUA ◽  
IOAN BUCATARU ◽  
MODESTO SALGADO
Keyword(s):  
Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Conservation Laws ◽  
Conservation Law ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
Partial Differential ◽  
Noether’S Theorem ◽  
Dynamical Symmetries ◽  
Noether's Theorem ◽  
Configuration Manifold

In this paper, we study symmetries, Newtonoid vector fields, conservation laws, Noether's theorem and its converse, in the framework of the k-symplectic formalism, using the Frölicher–Nijenhuis formalism on the space of k1-velocities of the configuration manifold.For the case k = 1, it is well known that Cartan symmetries induce and are induced by constants of motions, and these results are known as Noether's theorem and its converse. For the case k > 1, we provide a new proof for Noether's theorem, which shows that, in the k-symplectic formalism, each Cartan symmetry induces a conservation law. We prove that, under some assumptions, the converse of Noether's theorem is also true and we provide examples when this is not the case. We also study the relations between dynamical symmetries, Newtonoid vector fields, Cartan symmetries and conservation laws, showing when one of them will imply the others. We use several examples of partial differential equations to illustrate when these concepts are related and when they are not.

scholarly journals SYMMETRIES AND FIRST INTEGRALS FOR NON-VARIATIONAL EQUATIONS

2007 ◽  
Vol 04 (07) ◽  
pp. 1217-1230
Author(s):  
DIEGO CATALANO FERRAIOLI ◽  
PAOLA MORANDO
Keyword(s):  
Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Differential Equations ◽  
Ordinary Differential Equations ◽  
Vector Fields ◽  
First Integrals ◽  
Partial Differential ◽  
Variational Equations ◽  
First Order ◽  
The Ideal

For a class of exterior ideals, we present a method associating first integrals of the characteristic distributions to symmetries of the ideal. The method is applied, under some assumptions, to the study of first integrals of ordinary differential equations and first order partial differential equations as well as to the determination of first integrals for integrable distributions of vector fields.

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