Some geometric evolution equations arising as geodesic equations on groups of diffeomorphisms including the Hamiltonian approach

Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Application

Volumn 69, Issue , 2007, Pages 133-215

  Michor, Peter W ^a  

^a Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics   (Austria)

Author keywords

Burgers equation; Connection; Diffeomorphism group; Jacobi field; KdV equation; Symplectic structure

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EID: 85045532817     PISSN: 14211750     EISSN: 23740280     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4521-2_11     Document Type: Chapter

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