Title of article
All Solutions of Standard Symmetric Linear Partial Differential Equations Have Classical Lie Symmetry
Author/Authors
Philip Broadbridge، نويسنده , , Daniel J. Arrigo، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
Pages
14
From page
109
To page
122
Abstract
It is proven that every solution of any linear partial differential equation with an
independent-variable-deforming classical Lie point symmetry is invariant under
some classical Lie point symmetry. This is true for any number of independent
variables and for equations of any order higher than one. Although this result
makes use of the infinite-dimensional component of the Lie symmetry algebra due
to linear superposition, it is shown that new similarity solutions, previously thought
not to be classical, can be recovered prospectively by allowing symmetries to
include superposition of similarity solutions already known from the finite part of
the symmetry algebra. This result applies to all constant-coefficient equations and
to many variable-coefficient equations such as Fokker]Planck equations
Keywords
nonclassical symmetries , partial differential equations , Fokker]Planck equation , Lie symmetry
Journal title
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Serial Year
1999
Journal title
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
Record number
932748
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