Published January 20, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Contact transformations for difference schemes

  • 1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre and Sezione INFN Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale, 84, 00146 Roma (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica and Ingegneria Elettronica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre and Sezione INFN Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale, 84, 00146 Roma (Italy)
  • 3. Department of Engineering, Sciences and Mathematics, SUNY Institute of Technology, 100 Seymour Road, Utica, NY 13502 (United States)
  • 4. Centre de Recherches Mathématiques and Département de Mathématiques et de Statistique, Université de Montréal, Case postale 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7 (Canada)

Description

We define a class of transformations of the dependent and independent variables in an ordinary difference scheme. The transformations leave the solution set of the system invariant and reduces to a group of contact transformations in the continuous limit. We use a simple example to show that the class is not empty and that such 'contact transformations for discrete systems' genuinely exist. (fast track communication)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/45/2/022001

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43092237
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
GROUP THEORY; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; SET THEORY; TRANSFORMATIONS
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS