HIDDEN SYMMETRY IN A CONSERVATIVE EQUATION FOR NONLINEAR GROWTH

Authors
MCCOMB WD PANDYA RVR
Citation
Wd. Mccomb et Rvr. Pandya, HIDDEN SYMMETRY IN A CONSERVATIVE EQUATION FOR NONLINEAR GROWTH, Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general, 29(24), 1996, pp. 629-633
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054470
Volume
29
Issue
24
Year of publication
1996
Pages
629 - 633
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(1996)29:24<629:HSIACE>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Growth equations for nonlinear deposition are considered from the pers pective of fluid dynamics and the theory of turbulence. A nonlinear eq uation which conserves mass is found, contrary to current belief (Hwa T and Kardar M 1992 Phys. Rev. A 45 7002), to possess shift symmetry.