Q

Q[index][x1, x2, ...]
is a special symbol for the coefficient of the canonical Lie-Bäcklund operator.
  • The characteristic form is used when looking for generalized symmetries.
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The symbol occurs, for example, when constructing the infinitesimal generator for a generalized symmetry of the first order for a system of PDEs for functions u and :
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