Symmetries, lagrangian and conservation laws for the maxwell equations

Acta Applicandae Mathematicae

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-187

  Ibragimov, Nail H ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation laws; Lagrangian; Maxwell equations; Symmetries

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

ADDITIONAL EQUATIONS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCES; CONFORMAL TRANSFORMATIONS; CONSERVATION LAWS; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN; LORENTZ; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; RESULTING SYSTEMS; SYMMETRIES;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 58249132222     PISSN: 01678019     EISSN: 15729036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10440-008-9270-y     Document Type: Article

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