布鲁曼所著的《对称方法在偏微分方程中的应用（英文版）》是一部讲述偏微分方程的对称方法的入门书籍。是作者2002年出版的Symmetry and Integration Methods for Differential Equations的续篇。书中有大量的练习题和案例、可以让读者深入学习对称方法；并且强调如何寻找给定PDE系统的系统对称和守恒定律及其相关的应用。

Preface

Introduction

1 Local Transformations and Conservation Laws

 1.1 Introduction

 1.2 Local Transformations

1.2.1 Point transformations

1.2.2 Contact transformations

1.2.3 Higher-order transformations

1.2.4 One-parameter higher-order transformations

1.2.5 Point symmetries

1.2.6 Contact and higher-order symmetries

1.2.7 Equivalence transformations and symmetry classification

1.2.8 Recursion operators for local symmetries

 1.3 Conservation Laws

1.3.1 Local conservation laws

1.3.2 Equivalent conservation laws

1.3.3 Multipliers for conservation laws.Euler operators

1.3.4 The direct method for construction of conservation laws.Cauchy-Kovalevskaya form

1.3.5 Examples

1.3.6 Linearizing operators and adjoint equations

1.3.7 Determination of fluxes of conservation laws from multipliers

1.3.8 Self-adjoint PDE systems

 1.4 Noether's Theorem

1.4.1 Euler-Lagrange equations

1.4.2 Noether's formulation of Noether's theorem

1.4.3 Boyer's formulation of Noether's theorem

1.4.4 Limitations of Noether's theorem

1.4.5 Examples

 1.5 Some Connections Between Symmetries and Conservation Laws

1.5.1 Use of symmetries to find new conservation laws from known conservation laws

1.5.2 Relationships among symmetries，solutions of adjoint equations，and conservation laws

1.6 Discussion

2 Construction of Mappings Relating Differential Equations

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Notations； Mappings of Infinitesimal Generators

2.2.1 Theorems on invertible mappings

 2.3 Mapping of a Given PDE to a Specific Target PDE

2.3.1 Construction of non-invertible mappings

2.3.2 Construction of an invertible mapping by a point transformation

 2.4 Invertible Mappings of Nonlinear PDEs to Linear PDEs Through Symmetries

2.4.1 Invertible mappings of nonlinear PDE systems（with at least two dependent variables）to linear PDE systems

2.4.2 Invertible mappings of nonlinear PDE systems（with one dependent variable）to linear PDE systems

 2.5 Invertible Mappings of Linear PDEs to Linear PDEs with Constant Coefficients

2.5.1 Examples of mapping variable coefficient linear PDEs to constant coefficient linear PDEs through invertible point transformations

2.5.2 Example of finding the most general mapping of a given constant coefficient linear PDE to some constant coefficient linear PDE

 2.6 Invertible Mappings of Nonlinear PDEs to Linear PDEs Through Conservation Law Multipliers

2.6.1 Computational steps

2.6.2 Examples of linearizations of nonlinear PDEs through conservation law multipliers

 2.7 Discussion

3 Nonlocally Related PDE Systems

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 Nonlocally Related Potential Systems and Subsystems in Two Dimensions

3.2.1 Potential systems

3.2.2 Nonlocally related subsystems

 3.3 Trees of Nonlocally Related PDE Systems

3.3.1 Basic procedure of tree construction

3.3.2 A tree for a nonlinear diffusion equation

3.3.3 A tree for planar gas dynamics（PGD）equations

 3.4 Nonlocal Conservation Laws

3.4.1 Conservation laws arising from nonlocally related systems

3.4.2 Nonlocal conservation laws for diffusion-convection equations

3.4.3 Additional conservation laws of nonlinear telegraph equations

 3.5 Extended Tree Construction Procedure

3.5.1 An extended tree construction procedure

3.5.2 An extended tree for a nonlinear diffusion equation

3.5.3 An extended tree for a nonlinear wave equation

3.5.4 An extended tree for the planar gas dynamics equations

 3.6 Discussion

4 Applications of Nonlocally Related PDE Systems

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Nonlocal Symmetries

4.2.1 Nonlocal symmetries of a nonlinear diffusion equation

4.2.2 NonlocAL symmetries of a nonlinear wave equation

4.2.3 Classification of nonlocal symmetries of nonlinear telegraph equations arising from point symmetries of potential systems

4.2.4 Nonlocal symmetries of nonlinear telegraph equations with power law nonlinearities

4.2.5 Nonlocal symmetries of the planar gas dynamics equations

 4.3 Construction of Non-invertible Mappings Relating PDEs

4.3.1 Non-invertible mappings of nonlinear PDE systems to linear PDE systems

4.3.2 Non-invertible mappings of linear PDEs with variable coefficients to linear PDEs with constant coefficients.

 4.4 Discussion

5 Further Applications of Symmetry Methods： Miscellaneous Extensions

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Applications of Symmetry Methods to the Construction of Solutions of PDEs

5.2.1 The classical method

5.2.2 The nonclassical method

5.2.3 Invariant solutions arising from nonlocal symmetries that are local symmetries of nonlocally related systems

5.2.4 Futrther extensions of symmetry methods for construction of solutions of PDEs connected with nonlocaUy related systems

 5.3 Nonlocally Related PDE Systems in Three or More Dimensions

5.3.1 Divergence-type conservation laws and resulting potential systems

5.3.2 Nonlocally related subsystems

5.3.3 Tree construction，nonlocal conservation laws，and nonlocal symmetries

5.3.4 Lower-degree conservation laws and related potential systems

5.3.5 Examples of applications of nonlocally related systems in higher dimensions

5.3.6 Symmetries and exact solutions of the three-dimensional MHD equilibrium equations

 5.4 Symbolic Software

5.4.1 An example of symbolic computation of point symmetries

5.4.2 An example of point symmetry classification

5.4.3 An example of symbolic computation of conservation laws

 5.5 Discussion

References

Theorem，Corollary and Lemma Index

Author Index

Subject Index