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.
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Language:English
Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2021
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/211302
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description 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.
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Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws. Benjamin B. McMillan. SIGMA 17 (2021), 047, 24 pages
1815-0659
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 35L65; 58A15; 35K10; 35K55; 35K96
arXiv:1810.02346
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/211302
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2021.047
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.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DGE-1106400 and 74341.2010, as well as the Australian Research Council, Discovery Program DP190102360.
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Інститут математики НАН України
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws
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spellingShingle Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws
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title Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws
title_full Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws
title_fullStr Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws
title_full_unstemmed Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws
title_short Geometry and Conservation Laws for a Class of Second-Order Parabolic Equations II: Conservation Laws
title_sort geometry and conservation laws for a class of second-order parabolic equations ii: conservation laws
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