Factoring linear partial differential operators and the Darboux method for integrating nonlinear partial differential equations
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Factoring linear partial differential operators and the Darboux method for integrating nonlinear partial differential equations
zbMATH Open document ID: 0977.35009
DOI: 10.1007/BF02551175
published in: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
publication date: 2000-11-23T00:00:00Z
review text: It is well-known that the methods of Lagrange, Monge, Boole, and Ampère are developed in the process of finding exact solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations. G. Darboux generalized the method of Monge to obtain the most powerful method in those days for explicitly integrating partial differential equations. In [\textit{I. M. Anderson} and \textit{N. Kamran}, Duke Math. J. 87, No. 2, 265-319 (1997; Zbl 0881.35069); \textit{M. Jurás}, ``Generalized Laplace invariants and classical integration methods for second-order scalar hyperbolic partial differential equations in the plane'', in: Differential geometry and applications. Proceedings of the 6th international conference, Brno, Czech Republic, August 28 -- September 1, 1995. Brno: Masaryk University, 275-284 (1996; Zbl 0874.58082); \textit{A. V. Zhiber, V. V. Sokolov} and \textit{S. Ya. Startsev}, Dokl. Math. 52, No. 1, 128-130 (1995; Zbl 0880.35077)] the Darboux method was put in a more precise and efficient form. Following it, the single second-order nonlinear partial differential equation \[ u_{xy}=f(x,y,u,u_x,u_y), \] using the substitution \(u(x,y)\to u(x,y)+\theta v(x,y)\) and cancelling the terms proportional to \(\theta^n\), \(n > 1\), is linearized in the form \[ u_{xy} = Av_x + Bv_y+Cv \] with the coefficients \(A\), \(B\), and \(C\) depending on \(x, y, u,u_x\), and \(u_y\). Studying the equations of the last type, Laplace invented a method for their transformation that is sometimes called the Laplace cascade method. In this paper, using a new definition of the generalized factorization of linear partial differential operators, the author discusses possible generalizations of the Darboux integrability of nonlinear partial differential equations. It is shown that Darboux integrability is intimately related to the (generalized) factorization properties of the corresponding linearized equation.
reviewed by: Elena Gavrilova
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 35A25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 16S99
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37K10
zbMATH DE Number: 1535311
zbMATH Keywords: Laplace cascade method
zbMATH Keywords: generalized factorization of linear partial differential operators
zbMATH Keywords: Darboux integrability
author: S. P. Tsarev
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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