Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws

I consider the existence and structure of conservation laws for the general class of evolutionary scalar second-order differential equations with parabolic symbol. First, I calculate the linearized characteristic cohomology for such equations. This provides an auxiliary differential equation satisfi...

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Published in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Date:2021
Main Author: McMillan, Benjamin B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2021
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/211302
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Journal Title:Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Cite this:Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws. Benjamin B. McMillan. SIGMA 17 (2021), 047, 24 pages

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Summary:I consider the existence and structure of conservation laws for the general class of evolutionary scalar second-order differential equations with parabolic symbol. First, I calculate the linearized characteristic cohomology for such equations. This provides an auxiliary differential equation satisfied by the conservation laws of a given parabolic equation. This is used to show that conservation laws for any evolutionary parabolic equation depend on at most second derivatives of solutions. As a corollary, it is shown that the only evolutionary parabolic equations with at least one non-trivial conservation law are of Monge-Ampère type.
ISSN:1815-0659