55 research outputs found
Continuous and discrete transformations of a one-dimensional porous medium equation
We consider the one-dimensional porous medium equation . We derive point transformations of a general
class that map this equation into itself or into equations of a similar class.
In some cases this porous medium equation is connected with well known
equations. With the introduction of a new dependent variable this partial
differential equation can be equivalently written as a system of two equations.
Point transformations are also sought for this auxiliary system. It turns out
that in addition to the continuous point transformations that may be derived by
Lie's method, a number of discrete transformations are obtained. In some cases
the point transformations which are presented here for the single equation and
for the auxiliary system form cyclic groups of finite order
Conservation laws for nonlinear telegraph equations
AbstractA complete conservation law classification is given for nonlinear telegraph (NLT) systems with respect to multipliers that are functions of independent and dependent variables. It turns out that a very large class of NLT systems admits four nontrivial local conservation laws. The results of this work are summarized in tables which display all multipliers, fluxes and densities for the corresponding conservation laws. A physical example is considered for possible applications
Classical and nonclassical symmetries of a generalized Boussinesq equation
We apply the Lie-group formalism and the nonclassical method due to Bluman
and Cole to deduce symmetries of the generalized Boussinesq equation, which has
the classical Boussinesq equation as an special case. We study the class of
functions for which this equation admit either the classical or the
nonclassical method. The reductions obtained are derived. Some new exact
solutions can be derived
Nonlinear Dirac and diffusion equations in 1 + 1 dimensions from stochastic considerations
We generalize the method of obtaining the fundamental linear partial
differential equations such as the diffusion and Schrodinger equation, Dirac
and telegrapher's equation from a simple stochastic consideration to arrive at
certain nonlinear form of these equations. The group classification through one
parameter group of transformation for two of these equations is also carried
out.Comment: 18 pages, Latex file, some equations corrected and group analysis in
one more case adde
Lie group classifications and exact solutions for time-fractional Burgers equation
Lie group method provides an efficient tool to solve nonlinear partial
differential equations. This paper suggests a fractional Lie group method for
fractional partial differential equations. A time-fractional Burgers equation
is used as an example to illustrate the effectiveness of the Lie group method
and some classes of exact solutions are obtained.Comment: 9 pp, accepte
Contact symmetry of time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for a two-particle system: symmetry classification of two-body central potentials
Symmetry classification of two-body central potentials in a two-particle
Schr\"{o}dinger equation in terms of contact transformations of the equation
has been investigated. Explicit calculation has shown that they are of the same
four different classes as for the point transformations. Thus in this problem
contact transformations are not essentially different from point
transformations. We have also obtained the detailed algebraic structures of the
corresponding Lie algebras and the functional bases of invariants for the
transformation groups in all the four classes
Equivalence of conservation laws and equivalence of potential systems
We study conservation laws and potential symmetries of (systems of)
differential equations applying equivalence relations generated by point
transformations between the equations. A Fokker-Planck equation and the Burgers
equation are considered as examples. Using reducibility of them to the
one-dimensional linear heat equation, we construct complete hierarchies of
local and potential conservation laws for them and describe, in some sense, all
their potential symmetries. Known results on the subject are interpreted in the
proposed framework. This paper is an extended comment on the paper of J.-q. Mei
and H.-q. Zhang [Internat. J. Theoret. Phys., 2006, in press].Comment: 10 page
Differential constraints compatible with linearized equations
Differential constraints compatible with the linearized equations of partial
differential equations are examined. Recursion operators are obtained by
integrating the differential constraints
On asymptotic nonlocal symmetry of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations
A concept of asymptotic symmetry is introduced which is based on a definition
of symmetry as a reducibility property relative to a corresponding invariant
ansatz. It is shown that the nonlocal Lorentz invariance of the free-particle
Schr\"odinger equation, discovered by Fushchych and Segeda in 1977, can be
extended to Galilei-invariant equations for free particles with arbitrary spin
and, with our definition of asymptotic symmetry, to many nonlinear
Schr\"odinger equations. An important class of solutions of the free
Schr\"odinger equation with improved smoothing properties is obtained
Enhanced Group Analysis and Exact Solutions of Variable Coefficient Semilinear Diffusion Equations with a Power Source
A new approach to group classification problems and more general
investigations on transformational properties of classes of differential
equations is proposed. It is based on mappings between classes of differential
equations, generated by families of point transformations. A class of variable
coefficient (1+1)-dimensional semilinear reaction-diffusion equations of the
general form () is studied from the
symmetry point of view in the framework of the approach proposed. The singular
subclass of the equations with is singled out. The group classifications
of the entire class, the singular subclass and their images are performed with
respect to both the corresponding (generalized extended) equivalence groups and
all point transformations. The set of admissible transformations of the imaged
class is exhaustively described in the general case . The procedure of
classification of nonclassical symmetries, which involves mappings between
classes of differential equations, is discussed. Wide families of new exact
solutions are also constructed for equations from the classes under
consideration by the classical method of Lie reductions and by generation of
new solutions from known ones for other equations with point transformations of
different kinds (such as additional equivalence transformations and mappings
between classes of equations).Comment: 40 pages, this is version published in Acta Applicanda Mathematica
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