RUS  ENG
Full version
VIDEO LIBRARY

International conference "Geometrical Methods in Mathematical Physics"
December 12, 2011 14:00, Moscow, Lomonosov Moscow State University


Nonlinear self-adjointness and conservation laws

N. Kh. Ibragimovab

a Blekinge Institute of Technology
b Ufa State Aviation Technical University



Abstract: I introduce the general concept of nonlinear self-adjointness. It embraces author's previous notions of strict self-adjointness and quasi self-adjointness. But the set of nonlinearly self-adjoint equations is essentially wider and includes, in particular, all linear equations. The construction of conservation laws demonstrates a practical significance of the nonlinear self-adjointness. Namely, conservation laws can be associated with symmetries for all nonlinearly self-adjoint systems of differential equations. The system can contain any number of equations. This approach provides a new method for constructing conservation laws and extends Noether's theorem from variational problems to arbitrary systems of differential equations. The new theory is illustrated by various applications.

Language: English


© Steklov Math. Inst. of RAS, 2026