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Tensorial Euler-Lagrange expressions and conservation laws

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    Ian M. Anderson

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, 85721, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Ian M. Anderson

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Anderson, I.M. Tensorial Euler-Lagrange expressions and conservation laws. Aequat. Math. 17, 255–291 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01818565

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