Exterior Differential Systems

Exterior Differential Systems
Author: Robert L. Bryant
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461397146

This book gives a treatment of exterior differential systems. It will in clude both the general theory and various applications. An exterior differential system is a system of equations on a manifold defined by equating to zero a number of exterior differential forms. When all the forms are linear, it is called a pfaffian system. Our object is to study its integral manifolds, i. e. , submanifolds satisfying all the equations of the system. A fundamental fact is that every equation implies the one obtained by exterior differentiation, so that the complete set of equations associated to an exterior differential system constitutes a differential ideal in the algebra of all smooth forms. Thus the theory is coordinate-free and computations typically have an algebraic character; however, even when coordinates are used in intermediate steps, the use of exterior algebra helps to efficiently guide the computations, and as a consequence the treatment adapts well to geometrical and physical problems. A system of partial differential equations, with any number of inde pendent and dependent variables and involving partial derivatives of any order, can be written as an exterior differential system. In this case we are interested in integral manifolds on which certain coordinates remain independent. The corresponding notion in exterior differential systems is the independence condition: certain pfaffian forms remain linearly indepen dent. Partial differential equations and exterior differential systems with an independence condition are essentially the same object.

Exterior Differential Systems and Euler-Lagrange Partial Differential Equations

Exterior Differential Systems and Euler-Lagrange Partial Differential Equations
Author: Robert Bryant
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2003-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780226077932

In Exterior Differential Systems, the authors present the results of their ongoing development of a theory of the geometry of differential equations, focusing especially on Lagrangians and Poincaré-Cartan forms. They also cover certain aspects of the theory of exterior differential systems, which provides the language and techniques for the entire study. Because it plays a central role in uncovering geometric properties of differential equations, the method of equivalence is particularly emphasized. In addition, the authors discuss conformally invariant systems at length, including results on the classification and application of symmetries and conservation laws. The book also covers the Second Variation, Euler-Lagrange PDE systems, and higher-order conservation laws. This timely synthesis of partial differential equations and differential geometry will be of fundamental importance to both students and experienced researchers working in geometric analysis.

Exterior Differential Systems and Equivalence Problems

Exterior Differential Systems and Equivalence Problems
Author: Kichoon Yang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9401580685

This monograph presents a concise yet elementary account of exterior differential system theory so that it can be quickly applied to problems. The first part of the monograph, Chapters 1-5, deals with the general theory: the Cartan-Kaehler theorem is proved, the notions of involution and prolongation are carefully laid out, quasi-linear differential systems are examined in detail, and explicit examples of the Spencer cohomology groups and the characteristic variety are given. The second part of the monograph, Chapters 6 and 7, deals with applications to problems in differential geometry: the isometric embedding theorem of Cartan-Janet and its various geometric ramifications are discussed, a proof of the Andreotti-Hill theorem on the O-R embedding problem is given, and embeddings of abstract projective structures are discussed. For researchers and graduate students who would like a good introduction to exterior differential systems. This volume will also be particularly useful to those whose work involves differential geometry and partial differential equations.

Involutive Hyperbolic Differential Systems

Involutive Hyperbolic Differential Systems
Author: Deane Yang
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 109
Release: 1987
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821824333

The Cartan-Kähler theorem demonstrates that certain real analytic exterior differential systems--ones which Cartan dubbed "involutive"--admit local real analytic solutions. The proof reduces the system to a set of determined systems of PDE's which are then solved using the Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem. The subtlety in the theorem and in the definition of involutivity lies in checking that the "solution" obtained from the determined systems does in fact satisfy the original differential system.

Exterior Differential Systems and Euler-Lagrange Partial Differential Equations

Exterior Differential Systems and Euler-Lagrange Partial Differential Equations
Author: Robert Bryant
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-07-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780226077949

In Exterior Differential Systems, the authors present the results of their ongoing development of a theory of the geometry of differential equations, focusing especially on Lagrangians and Poincaré-Cartan forms. They also cover certain aspects of the theory of exterior differential systems, which provides the language and techniques for the entire study. Because it plays a central role in uncovering geometric properties of differential equations, the method of equivalence is particularly emphasized. In addition, the authors discuss conformally invariant systems at length, including results on the classification and application of symmetries and conservation laws. The book also covers the Second Variation, Euler-Lagrange PDE systems, and higher-order conservation laws. This timely synthesis of partial differential equations and differential geometry will be of fundamental importance to both students and experienced researchers working in geometric analysis.

Differential Systems and Isometric Embeddings

Differential Systems and Isometric Embeddings
Author: Phillip A. Griffiths
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1987-05-21
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0691084300

The theory of exterior differential systems provides a framework for systematically addressing the typically non-linear, and frequently overdetermined, partial differential equations that arise in differential geometry. Adaptation of the techniques of microlocalization to differential systems have led to recent activity on the foundations of the theory; in particular, the fundamental role of the characteristic variety in geometric problems is now clearly established. In this book the general theory is explained in a relatively quick and concrete manner, and then this general theory is applied to the recent developments in the classical problem of isometric embeddings of Riemannian manifolds.

Symmetries and Overdetermined Systems of Partial Differential Equations

Symmetries and Overdetermined Systems of Partial Differential Equations
Author: Michael Eastwood
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2009-04-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0387738312

This three-week summer program considered the symmetries preserving various natural geometric structures. There are two parts to the proceedings. The articles in the first part are expository but all contain significant new material. The articles in the second part are concerned with original research. All articles were thoroughly refereed and the range of interrelated work ensures that this will be an extremely useful collection.

Robust Engineering Designs of Partial Differential Systems and Their Applications

Robust Engineering Designs of Partial Differential Systems and Their Applications
Author: Bor-Sen Chen
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2021-12-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1000514099

Most systems in science, engineering, and biology are of partial differential systems (PDSs) modeled by partial differential equations. Many books about partial differential equations have been written by mathematicians and mainly address some fundamental mathematic backgrounds and discuss some mathematic properties of partial differential equations. Only a few books on PDSs have been written by engineers; however, these books have focused mainly on the theoretical stabilization analysis of PDSs, especially mechanical systems. This book investigates both robust stabilization control design and robust filter design and reference tracking control design in mechanical, signal processing, and control systems to fill a gap in the study of PDSs. Robust Engineering Designs of Partial Differential Systems and Their Applications offers some fundamental background in the first two chapters. The rest of the chapters focus on a specific design topic with a corresponding deep investigation into robust H∞ filtering, stabilization, or tracking design for more complex and practical PDSs under stochastic fluctuation and external disturbance. This book is aimed at engineers and scientists and addresses the gap between the theoretical stabilization results of PDSs in academic and practical engineering designs more focused on the robust H∞ filtering, stabilization, and tracking control problems of linear and nonlinear PDSs under intrinsic random fluctuation and external disturbance in industrial applications. Part I provides backgrounds on PDSs, such as Galerkin’s, and finite difference methods to approximate PDSs and a fuzzy method to approximate nonlinear PDSs. Part II examines robust H∞ filter designs for the robust state estimation of linear and nonlinear stochastic PDSs. And Part III treats robust H∞ stabilization and tracking control designs of linear and nonlinear PDSs. Every chapter focuses on an engineering design topic with both theoretical design analysis and practical design examples.