On formal integrability of evolution equations and local geometry of surfaces

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-199

  Foursov, Mikhail V ^a   Olver, Peter J ^a   Reyes, Enrique G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

35Q53; 37K10; 37K25; Boussinesq equation; Equations describing affine surfaces; Equations of pseudospherical type; Formal integrability; Formal symmetry; Geometric integrability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012522870     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-2245(01)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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