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Differential invariants of generic hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equations

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In this paper basic differential invariants of generic hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equations with respect to contact transformations are constructed and the equivalence problem for these equations is solved.

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  1. Mathematical Institute, Silesian University in Opava, 746 01, Opava, Czech Republic

    Michal Marvan

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica ed Informatica, University of Salerno, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy

    Alexandre M. Vinogradov

  3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Napoli-Salerno, Italy

    Alexandre M. Vinogradov

  4. Program Systems Institute of RAS, 152020, Pereslavl’-Zalesskiy, m. Botik, Russia

    Valery A. Yumaguzhin

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Marvan, M., Vinogradov, A.M. & Yumaguzhin, V.A. Differential invariants of generic hyperbolic Monge-Ampère equations. centr.eur.j.math. 5, 105–133 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11533-006-0043-4

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