Homogeneity and projective equivalence of differential equation fields
Pages: 27 - 47, Issue 1, March 2012

doi:10.3934/jgm.2012.4.27      Abstract        References        Full text (413.8K)           Related Articles

Mike Crampin - Department of Mathematics, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, B-9000 Gent, Belgium (email)
David Saunders - Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The University of Ostrava, 30. dubna 22, 701 03 Ostrava, Czech Republic (email)

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