Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics

Volume 9, Issue Supplement 1, February 2002, Pages 164 - 172

Ghost Symmetries

Authors
Peter J. Olver, Jan A. Sanders, Jing Ping Wang
Corresponding Author
Peter J. Olver
Received 7 June 2001, Revised 19 November 2001, Accepted 21 November 2001, Available Online 1 February 2002.
DOI
10.2991/jnmp.2002.9.s1.14How to use a DOI?
Abstract

We introduce the notion of a ghost characteristic for nonlocal differential equations. Ghosts are essential for maintaining the validity of the Jacobi identity for the charateristics of nonlocal vector fields.

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Journal
Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
Volume-Issue
9 - Supplement 1
Pages
164 - 172
Publication Date
2002/02/01
ISBN
91-631-2120-4
ISSN (Online)
1776-0852
ISSN (Print)
1402-9251
DOI
10.2991/jnmp.2002.9.s1.14How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2006, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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