Symmetry reduction of variational bicomplexes and the principle of symmetric criticality

American Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 609-670

  Anderson, Ian M ^a   Fels, Mark E ^a  

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EID: 0000236248     PISSN: 00029327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ajm.1997.0015     Document Type: Article

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