The recursion operator method for generalized symmetries and Bäcklund transformations of the Burgers’ equations

In this paper, the generalized symmetries of the second-order Burgers’ equation are obtained through the symmetry transformation method. The Bäcklund transformations (BTs) of the two equations are constructed by the recursion operator method. Then, the infinite number of exact solutions to these equations are investigated in terms of the generalized symmetries and Bäcklund transformations. Furthermore, the Bäcklund transformations and conservation law of the general Burgers’ equations are discussed.     

Equivalence Groups for First-Order Balance Equations and Applications to Electromagnetism

We investigate the groups of equivalence transformations for first-order balance equations involving an arbitrary number of dependent and independent variables. We obtain the determining equations and find their explicit solutions. The approach to this problem is based on a geometric method that depends on Cartan's exterior differential forms. The general solutions of the determining equations for equivalence transformations for first-order systems are applied to a class of the Maxwell equations of electrodynamics.     

一般非齐次非线性扩散方程的等价变换和高维不变子空间

结合压力变换和不变子空间方法中的等价变换,给出了一般非齐次非线性扩散方程的等价方程,并给出了等价方程的高维不变子空间.由此构造了一般非齐次非线性扩散方程的广义分离变量解,并给出了几个例子解释这个过程.     

Lie point symmetries, partial Noether operators and first integrals of the Painlevé-Gambier equations

We utilize the Lie-Tressé linearization method to obtain linearizing point transformations of certain autonomous nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equations contained in the Painlevé-Gambier classification. These point transformations are constructed using the Lie point symmetry generators admitted by the underlying Painlevé-Gambier equations. It is also shown that those Painlevé-Gambier equations which have a few Lie point symmetries and hence are not linearizable by this method can be integrated by a quadrature. Moreover, by making use of the partial Lagrangian approach we obtain time dependent and time independent first integrals for these Painlevé-Gambier equations which have not been reported in the earlier literature. A comparison of the results obtained in this paper is made with the ones obtained using the generalized Sundman linearization method.     

一类微分-差分方程组的内禀对称和等价群变换

研究一类微分-差分方程组的对称和等价群变换.采取内禀的无穷小算子方法,给出了方程组的内禀对称和等价群变换.为结合抽象Lie代数结构,给方程完全分类提供了理论基础.     

A simple direct method to find equivalence transformations of a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation and a generalized KdV equation

A simple direct method is presented to find equivalence transformations of nonlinear mathematical physics equations. By using the direct method, we obtain the continuous equivalence transformations of a class of nonlinear Schröequations with variable coefficients and a family of nonlinear KdV equations with variable coefficients. For the nonlinear Schrödinger equations with variable coefficients, the equivalence transformations obtained by the direct method coincide, in nature, with those obtained via the infinitesimal Lie criterion, but our computation is much simpler.     

The painlevé property and coordinate transformations

In this paper, the question of conserving the Painlevé property of partial differential equations via coordinate transformations between partial differential equations is studied. Also, the effects of some types of transformations, like ordinary Bäcklund as well as auto-Bäcklund transformations of partial differential equations, are shown as well. Some features and comments, concerning higher order prolongations of these transformations as well as of the partial differential equations themselves, are given.     

Exact Solutions of Some Nonlinear Evolution Equations

A different approach to finding solutions of certain diffusive-dispersive nonlinear evolution equations is introduced. The method consists of a straightforward iteration procedure, which is carried to all terms, followed by a summation of the resulting infinite series. Sometimes this is done directly and other times in terms of inverses of operators in an appropriate space. We first illustrate the method with Burgers's and Thomas's equations, and show how it quickly leads to the Cole-Hopf and Thomas transformations which linearize these equations. The method is described in detail with the Korteweg-de Vries equation and then applied to the modified KdV, sine-Gordon, nonlinear (cubic) Schrödinger, complex modified KdV and Boussinesq equations. In all these cases the multisoliton solutions are easily obtained, and new expressions for some of them follow. More generally, the Mar?enko integral equations, together with the inverse problem that originates them, follow naturally from the approach. A method for modifying known solutions (in a way different from the known Backlund transformations) is also developed. Thus, for example, formulas for the interaction of solitons with an arbitrary given solution are obtained. Other equations tractable by this approach are presented. These include the vector-valued cubic Schrödinger equation and a two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Higher-order and matrix-valued equations with nonscalar dispersion functions are also included.     

Nonlinear Transformations of Smooth Measures on Infinite-Dimensional Spaces

We investigate the properties of the image of a differentiable measure on an infinitely-dimensional Banach space under nonlinear transformations of the space. We prove a general result concerning the absolute continuity of this image with respect to the initial measure and obtain a formula for density similar to the Ramer–Kusuoka formula for the transformations of the Gaussian measure. We prove the absolute continuity of the image for classes of transformations that possess additional structural properties, namely, for adapted and monotone transformations, as well as for transformations generated by a differential flow. The latter are used for the realization of the method of characteristics for the solution of infinite-dimensional first-order partial differential equations and linear equations with an extended stochastic integral with respect to the given measure.     

Hodograph Transformations and Cauchy Problem to Systems of Nonlinear Parabolic Equations

In this paper, we provide a method to solve the Cauchy problem of systems of quasi‐linear parabolic equations, such systems can be transformed to the systems of linear parabolic equations with variable coefficients via the hodograph transformations. Our approach to solve the linear systems with variable coefficients is to use their fundamental solutions, which are constructed by using the Lie's symmetry method. In consequence, we can derive explicit solutions to the Cauchy problem of the quasi‐linear systems in terms of the solutions of the linear systems and the hodograph transformations relating to the quasi‐linear and the linear systems.     

Author index for volume 75

In this paper we present a method for constructing invariant solutions of partial differential equations. Using a computerprogram we derive a simple class of transformations including similarity transformations which leaves invariant a given hydrodynamical equation. Methods from differential geometry will enable us to construct ordinary differential equations leading to invariant solutions of a given equation.     

On a vector long wave-short wave-type model

A new vector long wave-short wave-type model is proposed by resorting to the zero-curvature equation. Based on the resulting Riccati equations related to the Lax pair and the gauge transformations between the Lax pairs, multifold Darboux transformations are constructed for the vector long wave-short wave-type model. This method is general and is suitable for constructing the Darboux transformations of other soliton equations, especially in the absence of symmetric conditions for Lax pairs. As an illustrative example of the application of the Darboux transformations, exact solutions of the two-component long wave-short wave-type model are obtained, including solitons, breathers, and rogue waves of the first, second, third, and fourth orders. All the solutions derived by the Darboux transformations involve square roots of functions, which is not observed in the investigation of other nonlinear integrable equations. This model describes new nonlinear phenomena.     

Ibragimov-type invariants for a system of two linear parabolic equations

We obtain new semi-invariants for a system of two linear parabolic type partial differential equations (PDEs) in two independent variables under equivalence transformations of the dependent variables only. This is achieved for a class of systems of two linear parabolic type PDEs that correspond to a scalar complex linear (1 + 1) parabolic equation. The complex transformations of the dependent variables which map the complex scalar linear parabolic PDE to itself provide us with real transformations that map the corresponding system of linear parabolic type PDEs to itself with different coefficients in general. The semi-invariants deduced for this class of systems of two linear parabolic type equations correspond to the complex Ibragimov invariants of the complex scalar linear parabolic equation. We also look at particular cases of the system of parabolic type equations when they are uncoupled or coupled in a special manner. Moreover, we address the inverse problem of when systems of linear parabolic type equations arise from analytic continuation of a scalar linear parabolic PDE. Examples are given to illustrate the method implemented.     

Quadratic transformations for the third and fifth Painlevé equations

Quadratic transformations for the third and fifth Painlev’e equations are constructed via the method of RS-transformations. This method can be viewed as a prolongation of quadratic transformations for the Painlevé equations to the associated linear ODEs, whose isomonodromy deformations are governed by the corresponding Painlevé equations. Bibliography: 15 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 317, 2004, pp. 105–121.     

一类奇摄动方程的PLK方法

通过对坐标作包含因变量的非线性泛函的变换,以首项渐近解和相应的坐标变换给出原问题的二阶的近似解,并把这种思想进一步推广到更复杂的非线性方程,用较为简洁的方法求得了一类非线性方程的二阶渐近解.     

Potential method applied to Boussinesq equation

In this paper a solution of the nonlinear Boussinesq equation is presented using the potential similarity transformation method. The equation is first written in a conserved form, a potential function is then assumed reducing it to a system of equations which is further solved through the group transformation method. New transformations are found.     

Riccati equations and Lie series

Lie series and a special matrix notation for first-order differential operators are used to show that the Lie group properties of matrix Riccati equations arise in a natural way. The Lie series notation makes it evident that the solutions of a matrix Riccati equation are curves in a group of nonlinear transformations that is a generalization of the linear fractional transformations familiar from the classical complex analysis. It is easy to obtain a linear representation of the Lie algebra of the nonlinear group of transformations and then this linearization leads directly to the standard linearization of the matrix Riccati equations. We note that the matrix Riccati equations considered here are of the general rectangular type.     

Ermakov–Pinney and Emden–Fowler Equations: New Solutions from Novel Bäcklund Transformations

We study the class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations y″ y = F(z, y²), where F is a smooth function. Various ordinary differential equations with a well-known importance for applications belong to this class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Indeed, the Emden–Fowler equation, the Ermakov–Pinney equation, and the generalized Ermakov equations are among them. We construct Bäcklund transformations and auto-Bäcklund transformations: starting from a trivial solution, these last transformations induce the construction of a ladder of new solutions admitted by the given differential equations. Notably, the highly nonlinear structure of this class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations implies that numerical methods are very difficult to apply.     

Bäcklund transformations for discrete Painlevé equations: Discrete PII–PV

Transformation properties of discrete Painlevé equations are investigated by using an algorithmic method. This method yields explicit transformations which relates the solutions of discrete Painlevé equations, discrete P_II–P_V, with different values of parameters. The particular solutions which are expressible in terms of the discrete analogue of the classical special functions of discrete Painlevé equations can also be obtained from these transformations.     

（２＋１）维非线性色散长波方程的相似约化和解析解

首先借助于Ｍａｔｈｅｍａｔｉｃａ软件,将Ｃｌａｒｋｓｏｎ和Ｋｒｕｓｋａｌ引入的直接约化法推广并应用于（２＋１） 维偏微分方程组情形 （２＋１） 维非线性色散长波方程,获得了该方程的六种类型的相似约化和若干解析解,其中包括ＰａｉｎｌｅｖｅⅡ型方程和孤子解．然后基于文［５］的结论,通过引入新的级数变换,获得了该方程的有理分式解析解．这种方法也适合于其它的微分方程．