On symmetry- and ansatz-based methods for integrating ordinary differential equations

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-18

  Hood, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031074617     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/58.1.1     Document Type: Article

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