Applications of symmetry methods to the theory of plasma physics

Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cicogna, Giampaolo ^a   Ceccherini, Francesco ^b   Pegoraro, Francesco ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^b CNISM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lie point symmetries; Partial differential equations; Plasma physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889234626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18150659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3842/SIGMA.2006.017     Document Type: Article

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