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Superposition Formulas for Darboux Integrable Exterior Differential Systems

I. M. Anderson·M. E. Fels·P. J. Vassiliou
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In this paper we present a far-reaching generalization of E. Vessiot's analysis of the Darboux integrable partial differential equations in one dependent and two independent variables. Our approach provides new insights into this classical method, uncovers the fundamental geometric invariants of Darboux integrable systems, and provides for systematic, algorithmic integration of such systems. This work is formulated within the general framework of Pfaffian exterior differential systems and, as such, has applications well beyond those currently found in the literature. In particular, our integration method is applicable to systems of hyperbolic PDE such as the Toda lattice equations, 2 dimensional wave maps and systems of overdetermined PDE.

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I. M. Anderson, M. E. Fels, P. J. Vassiliou. 2008-06-11. Superposition Formulas for Darboux Integrable Exterior Differential Systems. https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.0679

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