 Characteristic normal form (source code)

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= Characteristic normal form
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For a <hyperbolic partial differential equation> in two variables, two independent <characteristic coordinates> remove both pure second <partial derivatives>, leaving a nonzero mixed second <partial derivative>. A nonzero <Jacobian determinant> is essential: two characteristic invariants that become dependent do not give a valid <coordinate transformation>.

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