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Lie systems: theory, generalisations, and applications
Lie systems form a class of systems of first-order ordinary differential
equations whose general solutions can be described in terms of certain finite
families of particular solutions and a set of constants, by means of a
particular type of mapping: the so-called superposition rule. Apart from this
fundamental property, Lie systems enjoy many other geometrical features and
they appear in multiple branches of Mathematics and Physics, which strongly
motivates their study. These facts, together with the authors' recent findings
in the theory of Lie systems, led to the redaction of this essay, which aims to
describe such new achievements within a self-contained guide to the whole
theory of Lie systems, their generalisations, and applications.Comment: 161 pages, 2 figure
Foliated Lie systems: Theory and applications
A - foliated Lie system is a first-order system of ordinary
differential equations whose particular solutions are contained in the leaves
of the foliation and all particular solutions within any leaf can
be written as a certain function, a so-called foliated superposition rule, of a
family of particular solutions of the system within the same leaf and several
parameters. We analyse the properties of such systems and we illustrate our
results by studying Lax pairs and a class of -dependent Hamiltonian systems.
We finally study foliated Lie systems through Poisson structures and
-matrices.Comment: 24 page
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