Published November 28, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Comment on 'invariants of differential equations defined by vector fields'

  • 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/10.1088/1751-8113/41/47/478001

Additional 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