Symmetry Analysis of Differential Equations: An Introduction

193 Pages·2015·1.32 MB·English

by  Daniel J. Arrigo

Symmetry Analysis of
Differential Equations

Symmetry Analysis of
Differential Equations
An Introduction
Daniel J. Arrigo
DepartmentofMathematics
UniversityofCentralArkansas
Conway,AR
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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 An Introduction 1
1.1 WhatIsaSymmetry? 1
1.2 LieGroups, 4
1.3 InvarianceofDifferentialEquations, 6
1.4 SomeOrdinaryDifferentialEquations, 8
Exercises, 12
2 Ordinary Differential Equations 15
2.1 InfinitesimalTransformations, 19
2.2 Lie’sInvarianceCondition, 23
Exercises, 27
2.3 StandardIntegrationTechniques, 28
2.3.1 LinearEquations, 28
2.3.2 BernoulliEquation, 30
2.3.3 HomogeneousEquations, 31
2.3.4 ExactEquations, 32
2.3.5 RiccatiEquations, 35
Exercises, 37
2.4 InfinitesimalOperatorandHigherOrderEquations, 38
2.4.1 TheInfinitesimalOperator, 38
2.4.2 TheExtendedOperator, 39
2.4.3 ExtensiontoHigherOrders, 40
2.4.4 First-OrderInfinitesimals(revisited), 40
2.4.5 Second-OrderInfinitesimals, 41
2.4.6 TheInvarianceofSecond-OrderEquations, 42
2.4.7 Equationsofarbitraryorder, 43
2.5 Second-OrderEquations, 43
Exercises, 55
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2.6 HigherOrderEquations, 56
Exercises, 61
2.7 ODESystems, 61
2.7.1 FirstOrderSystems, 61
2.7.2 HigherOrderSystems, 67
Exercises, 71
3 Partial Differential Equations 73
3.1 First-OrderEquations, 73
3.1.1 WhatDoWeDowiththeSymmetriesof
PDEs? 77
3.1.2 DirectReductions, 80
3.1.3 TheInvariantSurfaceCondition, 83
Exercises, 84
3.2 Second-OrderPDEs, 84
3.2.1 HeatEquation, 84
3.2.2 Laplace’sEquation, 91
3.2.3 Burgers’EquationandaRelative, 94
3.2.4 HeatEquationwithaSource, 100
Exercises, 107
3.3 HigherOrderPDEs, 109
Exercises, 115
3.4 SystemsofPDEs, 115
3.4.1 First-OrderSystems, 115
3.4.2 Second-OrderSystems, 120
Exercises, 124
3.5 HigherDimensionalPDEs, 126
Exercises, 132
4 Nonclassical Symmetries and Compatibility 133
4.1 NonclassicalSymmetries, 133
4.1.1 InvarianceoftheInvariantSurface
Condition, 135
4.1.2 TheNonclassicalMethod, 137
4.2 NonclassicalSymmetryAnalysisandCompatibility, 146
4.3 BeyondSymmetriesAnalysis–General
Compatibility, 147
4.3.1 CompatibilitywithFirst-OrderPDEs–Charpit’s
Method, 149