Initial-value problems for evolutionary partial differential equations and higher-order conditional symmetries

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 376-389

  Basarab Horwath, P ^a   Zhdanov, R Z ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Ukraine)

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EID: 0035582578     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1330199     Document Type: Article

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