Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
840817 Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications 2012 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

We first derive the Lagrangians of the reduced fourth-order ordinary differential equations studied by Kudryashov under the assumption that they satisfy the conditions stated by Fels [M.E. Fels, The inverse problem of the calculus of variations for scalar fourth-order ordinary differential equations, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 348, 1996, 5007–5029], using Jacobi’s last multiplier technique. In addition we derive the Hamiltonians of these equations using the Jacobi–Ostrogradski theory. Next, we derive the conjugate Hamiltonian equations for such fourth-order equations passing the Painlevé test. Finally, we investigate the conjugate Hamiltonian formulation of certain additional equations belonging to this family.

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