Abstract
Conservation laws of third order quasi-linear scalar evolution equations are studied via exterior differential system and characteristic cohomology. We find a subspace of 2-forms in the infinite prolongation space in which every conservation law has a unique representative. Analysis of the structure of this subspace based upon the symbol of the differential equation leads to a universal integrability condition for an evolution equation to admit any higher order (weight) conservation laws. As an example, we give a complete classification of a class of evolution equations which admit conservation laws of the first three consecutive weights − 1 -1 , 1 1 , 3 3 . The differential system describing the flow of a curve in the plane by the derivative of its curvature with respect to the arc length is also shown to exhibit the KdV property, i.e., an infinite sequence of conservation laws of distinct weights.
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