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Symmetries of generalized Klein–Gordon (including sine-Gordon) equations in two dimensions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

T. J. Gordon
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mathematics, Loughborough University of Technology

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Much attention has been devoted over the years to the sine-Gordon equation φuv = sin φ (e.g. [2] and references therein). Of fundamental significance is the existence of a countably infinite set of conservation laws, which arises from a corresponding set of symmetries (e.g. [6, 7]).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1987

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