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Killing tensors and variable separation for Hamilton-Jacobi equations

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Group Theoretical Methods in Physics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 135))

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Research partially supported by NSF Grant MCS 78-26216

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  1. School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Willard Miller Jr.

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Miller, W. (1980). Killing tensors and variable separation for Hamilton-Jacobi equations. In: Wolf, K.B. (eds) Group Theoretical Methods in Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 135. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-10271-X_327

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