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Lie point symmetries and ODEs passing the Painlev\'e test
The Lie point symmetries of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) that are
candidates for having the Painlev\'e property are explored for ODEs of order . Among the 6 ODEs identifying the Painlev\'e transcendents only
, and have nontrivial symmetry algebras and that only
for very special values of the parameters. In those cases the transcendents can
be expressed in terms of simpler functions, i.e. elementary functions,
solutions of linear equations, elliptic functions or Painlev\'e transcendents
occurring at lower order. For higher order or higher degree ODEs that pass the
Painlev\'e test only very partial classifications have been published. We
consider many examples that exist in the literature and show how their symmetry
groups help to identify those that may define genuinely new transcendents
Continuous Symmetries of Difference Equations
Lie group theory was originally created more than 100 years ago as a tool for
solving ordinary and partial differential equations. In this article we review
the results of a much more recent program: the use of Lie groups to study
difference equations. We show that the mismatch between continuous symmetries
and discrete equations can be resolved in at least two manners. One is to use
generalized symmetries acting on solutions of difference equations, but leaving
the lattice invariant. The other is to restrict to point symmetries, but to
allow them to also transform the lattice.Comment: Review articl
Invariant Modules and the Reduction of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations to Dynamical Systems
We completely characterize all nonlinear partial differential equations
leaving a given finite-dimensional vector space of analytic functions
invariant. Existence of an invariant subspace leads to a re duction of the
associated dynamical partial differential equations to a system of ordinary
differential equations, and provide a nonlinear counterpart to quasi-exactly
solvable quantum Hamiltonians. These results rely on a useful extension of the
classical Wronskian determinant condition for linear independence of functions.
In addition, new approaches to the characterization o f the annihilating
differential operators for spaces of analytic functions are presented.Comment: 28 pages. To appear in Advances in Mathematic
Generalized Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation with an infinite dimensional symmetry algebra
A generalized Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, describing water waves in
oceans of varying depth, density and vorticity is discussed. A priori, it
involves 9 arbitrary functions of one, or two variables. The conditions are
determined under which the equation allows an infinite dimensional symmetry
algebra. This algebra can involve up to three arbitrary functions of time. It
depends on precisely three such functions if and only if it is completely
integrable.Comment: AMSLaTeX, 16 pages, no figures, corrected some typos and added two
new section
Symbolic Computation of Conservation Laws of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations in Multi-dimensions
A direct method for the computation of polynomial conservation laws of
polynomial systems of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) in
multi-dimensions is presented. The method avoids advanced
differential-geometric tools. Instead, it is solely based on calculus,
variational calculus, and linear algebra.
Densities are constructed as linear combinations of scaling homogeneous terms
with undetermined coefficients. The variational derivative (Euler operator) is
used to compute the undetermined coefficients. The homotopy operator is used to
compute the fluxes.
The method is illustrated with nonlinear PDEs describing wave phenomena in
fluid dynamics, plasma physics, and quantum physics. For PDEs with parameters,
the method determines the conditions on the parameters so that a sequence of
conserved densities might exist. The existence of a large number of
conservation laws is a predictor for complete integrability. The method is
algorithmic, applicable to a variety of PDEs, and can be implemented in
computer algebra systems such as Mathematica, Maple, and REDUCE.Comment: To appear in: Thematic Issue on ``Mathematical Methods and Symbolic
Calculation in Chemistry and Chemical Biology'' of the International Journal
of Quantum Chemistry. Eds.: Michael Barnett and Frank Harris (2006
Singularity Analysis and Integrability of a Burgers-Type System of Foursov
We apply the Painleve test for integrability of partial differential
equations to a system of two coupled Burgers-type equations found by Foursov,
which was recently shown by Sergyeyev to possess infinitely many commuting
local generalized symmetries without any recursion operator. The Painleve
analysis easily detects that this is a typical C-integrable system in the
Calogero sense and rediscovers its linearizing transformation
Isospectral deformations of the Dirac operator
We give more details about an integrable system in which the Dirac operator
D=d+d^* on a finite simple graph G or Riemannian manifold M is deformed using a
Hamiltonian system D'=[B,h(D)] with B=d-d^* + i b. The deformed operator D(t) =
d(t) + b(t) + d(t)^* defines a new exterior derivative d(t) and a new Dirac
operator C(t) = d(t) + d(t)^* and Laplacian M(t) = d(t) d(t)^* + d(t)* d(t) and
so a new distance on G or a new metric on M.Comment: 32 pages, 8 figure
A new integrable generalization of the Korteweg - de Vries equation
A new integrable sixth-order nonlinear wave equation is discovered by means
of the Painleve analysis, which is equivalent to the Korteweg - de Vries
equation with a source. A Lax representation and a Backlund self-transformation
are found of the new equation, and its travelling wave solutions and
generalized symmetries are studied.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figure
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