Conditional symmetries for systems of PDEs: New definitions and their application for reaction-diffusion systems

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 43, Issue 40, 2010, Pages

  Cherniha, Roman ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Ukraine)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

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EID: 78649641372     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/43/40/405207     Document Type: Article

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