Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Geometric Foundations
- 2 Lie Groups
- 3 Representation Theory
- 4 Jets and Contact Transformations
- 5 Differential Invariants
- 6 Symmetries of Differential Equations
- 7 Symmetries of Variational Problems
- 8 Equivalence of Coframes
- 9 Formulation of Equivalence Problems
- 10 Cartan's Equivalence Method
- 11 Involution
- 12 Prolongation of Equivalence Problems
- 13 Differential Systems
- 14 Frobenius' Theorem
- 15 The Cartan–Kähler Existence Theorem
- Tables
- References
- Symbol Index
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Geometric Foundations
- 2 Lie Groups
- 3 Representation Theory
- 4 Jets and Contact Transformations
- 5 Differential Invariants
- 6 Symmetries of Differential Equations
- 7 Symmetries of Variational Problems
- 8 Equivalence of Coframes
- 9 Formulation of Equivalence Problems
- 10 Cartan's Equivalence Method
- 11 Involution
- 12 Prolongation of Equivalence Problems
- 13 Differential Systems
- 14 Frobenius' Theorem
- 15 The Cartan–Kähler Existence Theorem
- Tables
- References
- Symbol Index
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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- Type
- Chapter
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- Equivalence, Invariants and Symmetry , pp. vii - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995