INTEGRABLE GENERALIZATIONS OF THE 2-DIMENSIONAL BORN-INFELD EQUATION

Authors
FAIRLIE DB MULVEY JA
Citation
Db. Fairlie et Ja. Mulvey, INTEGRABLE GENERALIZATIONS OF THE 2-DIMENSIONAL BORN-INFELD EQUATION, Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general, 27(4), 1994, pp. 1317-1324
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054470
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1317 - 1324
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(1994)27:4<1317:IGOT2B>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The Born-Infeld equation in two dimensions is generalized to higher di mensions. Lorentz invariance is retained, and the resulting system is completely integrable via linearization by Legendre transformation. Th is generalization retains homogeneity in second derivatives of the fie ld.