Lie's Structural Approach to Pde Systems (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521780889)

Here is a lucid and comprehensive introduction to the differential geometric study of partial differential equations (PDE). The first book to present substantial results on local solvability of general and nonlinear PDE systems without using power series techniques, it describes a general approach to PDE systems based on ideas developed by Lie, Cartan and Vessiot. The central theme is the exploitation of singular vector field systems and their first integrals. These considerations naturally lead to local Lie groups, Lie pseudogroups and the equivalence problem, all of which are covered in detail. This book will be a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in partial differential equations, Lie groups and related fields.

Author: Olle Stormark
ISBN-10: 0521780888
ISBN-13: 9780521780889
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2000
Pages: 590
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.30d