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Equivalence, invariants, and symmetry

Choice Reviews OnlinePublished 1 June 1996
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Abstract

1. Geometric foundations 2. Lie groups 3. Representation theory 4. Jets and contact transformations 5. Differential invariants 6. Symmetries of differential equations 7. Symmetries of variational problems 8. Equivalence of coframes 9. Formulation of equivalence problems 10. Cartan's equivalence method 11. Involution 12. Prolongation of equivalence problems 13. Differential systems 14. Frobenius' theorem 15. The Cartan-Kahler existence theorem.

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