Noether-type symmetries and conservation laws via partial Lagrangians

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 367-383

  Kara, A H ^a   Mahomed, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation laws; Euler Lagrange; Euler Lagrange type equations; Lie B cklund; Noether type symmetry operators; Partial Lagrangians

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ETHERS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

CONSERVATION LAWS; EULER LAGRANGE; EULER LAGRANGE TYPE EQUATIONS; LIE BÄCKLUND; NOETHER TYPE SYMMETRY OPERATORS; PARTIAL LAGRANGIANS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 33746208819     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-005-9013-9     Document Type: Article

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