Comment on 'invariants of differential equations defined by vector fields'
Creators
- 1. School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (United States)
Description
In Ndogmo (2008 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 025207), the author claims to have determined a complete list of functionally independent differential invariants up to order 2 for the equivalence group of differential equations defined by vector fields when there are two and three independent variables. In this comment, we show that this is not the case. Using the equivariant moving frame method, we derive a complete set of functionally independent differential invariants of orders 1 and 2 for an arbitrary number n ≥ 2 of independent variables. In the particular case n = 2, we obtain six functionally independent invariants, two of which were not found in Ndogmo (2008 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 025207). In the case n = 3, we get 21 functionally independent invariants, six of which are new. We also give a complete classification of the differential invariants. (comment)
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/41/47/478001Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1088/1751-8113/41/47/478001;
- PII
- S1751-8113(08)84420-4;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 41
- Journal Issue
- 47
- Journal Page Range
- [11 p.]
- ISSN
- 1751-8121
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40071497
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VECTOR FIELDS
- Descriptors DEC
- EQUATIONS