Adjoint equation to nonlinear equations;
Lagrangians;
Conservation laws;
PARTIAL-DIFFERENTIAL-EQUATIONS;
DIRECT CONSTRUCTION METHOD;
CONSERVATION-LAWS;
D O I:
10.1016/j.amc.2015.11.079
中图分类号:
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号:
070104 ;
摘要:
In this paper we study the property of nonlinear self-adjointness for a class of nonlinear fourth-order equation. It is shown that if an equation itself is a conservation law then it possesses the property of nonlinear self-adjointness and hence it can be rewritten in an equivalent strictly self-adjoint form. The property of nonlinear self-adjointness is used to obtain all nontrivial conservation laws for the class under consideration. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.