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Euler operators and conservation laws of the BBM equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Peter J. Olver
Peter J. Olver
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University of Oxford
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Abstract

The BBM or Regularized Long Wave Equation is shown to possess only three non-trivial independent conservation laws. In order to prove this result, a new theory of Euler-type operators in the formal calculus of variations will be developed in detail.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 85 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 143 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1979

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