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Timeline for Underdetermined PDE

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Jun 18, 2018 at 16:04 comment added user114232 @BenMcKay Unfortunately, the language of differential forms is still a black magic to me. Could that be rephrased more elementary?
Jun 12, 2018 at 0:12 comment added T. Amdeberhan Here is a place of some interest: projecteuclid.org/download/pdf_1/euclid.pja/1195511890
Jun 11, 2018 at 17:48 comment added Ben McKay It might help if you think of $u$ as an $(n-1)$-form, and then the equation is $du=f\Omega$ where $\Omega$ is a volume form. Since all volume forms of equal volume are isomorphic (a theorem of Moser), this gives you some freedom to change variables.
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