Structure of Symmetry Groups via Cartan's Method: Survey of Four Approaches
arXiv:math-ph/0508016 · doi:10.3842/SIGMA.2005.006
Abstract
In this review article we discuss four recent methods for computing Maurer-Cartan structure equations of symmetry groups of differential equations. Examples include solution of the contact equivalence problem for linear hyperbolic equations and finding a contact transformation between the generalized Hunter-Saxton equation and the Euler-Poisson equation.
Published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/