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Conservation laws of scaling-invariant field equations

Stephen C Anco 2003 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 8623-8638   doi: 10.1088/0305-4470/36/32/305  Help

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Stephen C Anco
Department of Mathematics, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
E-mail: sanco@brocku.ca

Abstract. A simple conservation law formula for field equations with a scaling symmetry is presented. The formula uses adjoint-symmetries of the given field equation and directly generates all local conservation laws for any conserved quantities having non-zero scaling weight. Applications to several soliton equations, fluid flow and nonlinear wave equations, Yang–Mills equations and the Einstein gravitational field equations are considered.

PACS numbers: 03.50.−z, 04.20.−q, 05.45.Yv

Mathematics Subject Classification: 70S10

Print publication: Issue 32 (15 August 2003)
Received 28 March 2003, in final form 26 June 2003
Published 29 July 2003

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