General Solution for a Coupled System of Eikonal Equations in Two Space Variables

arXiv1712.01948MaRDI QIDQ6294881

Publication date: 5 December 2017

Abstract: A general solution for a coupled system of eikonal equations u_mu u_mu = 0, v_mu v_mu = 0, u_mu v_mu = 1 is presented, where lower indices designate derivatives, mu = 0, 1, 2 and summation is implied over the repeated indices. This solution is of interest by itself due to wide applications of the eikonal equations, but the system considered also appears to be part of the reduction conditions for many equations of mathematical physics. We describe in detail the procedure that allowed obtaining of the general solution using hodograph and contact transformations of the initial system, however, we omit here special case when the system is equivalent to a system for one space dimension or to a system for one dependent function. The procedure used allowed also obtaining of the general solution for a coupled system of the eikonal and Hamilton-Jacobi equation.

This page was built for publication: General Solution for a Coupled System of Eikonal Equations in Two Space Variables

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6294881)