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Linearisation of second-order differential equations.

Eduardo Martínez (1996)

Extracta Mathematicae

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Given a second order differential equation on a manifold we find necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a coordinate system in which the system is linear. The main tool to be used is a linear connection defined by the system of differential equations.