one parameter divergence formulation

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I was reading this article: http://www.cims.nyu.edu/~trogdon/index_files/publications/periodic.pdf

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And it is not clear to me how to write a pde in a divergence form. How can I transform equation (2.1 evolution pde) into the equivalent one parameter divergence formulation? Any hints?