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JOURNAL OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Volume 260, Issue 11, Pages 8072-8108Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2016.02.015
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Second order evolution equations; Pseudospherical surfaces; Nonlinear partial differential equations
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Second order evolution differential equations that describe pseudospherical surfaces are considered. These equations are equivalent to the structure equations of a metric with Gaussian curvature K = 1, and can be seen as the compatibility condition of an associated sl (2, R)-valued linear problem, also referred to as a zero curvature representation. Under the assumption that the linear problem is defined by 1-forms omega i = f(i1)dx + f(i2)dt, i = 1, 2, 3, with, f(ij) depending on (x, t, z, z(1), z(2)) and such that f(21) = eta, eta is an element of R, we give a complete and explicit classification of equations of the form zt = A (x, t, z) z(2) + B (x, t, z, z(1)). According to the classification, these equations are subdivided in three main classes (referred to as Types together with the corresponding linear problems. Explicit examples of differential equations of each type are determined by choosing certain arbitrary differentiable functions. Svinolupov-Sokolov equations admitting higher weakly nonlinear symmetries, Boltzmann equation and reaction diffusion equations like Murray equation are some known examples of such equations. Other explicit examples are presented, as well. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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