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.     

Hydrodynamic profiles and constants of motion fromd-Branes

Various hydrodynamic systems, governed by nonlinear differential equations, have a hidden higher-dimensional dynamic Poincaré symmetry because the governing equations descend from a Nambu-Goto action. For the same reason, there are also equivalence transformations between different models. We discuss these interconnections and summarize them in a simple diagram. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 124, pp. 215–226. August, 2000     

A property of the defining equations for the Lie algebra in the group classification problem for wave equations

We solve the group classification problem for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of differential equations. The admissible continuous group of transformations has the Lie algebra of dimension less than 5. This main statement follows from the principal property of the defining equations of the admissible Lie algebra: the commutator of two solutions is a solution. Using equivalence transformations we classify nonlinear systems in accordance with the well-known Lie algebra structures of dimension 3 and 4.     

On the symmetry classification and conservation laws for quasilinear differential equations of second order

We obtain a sufficient condition for the absence of tangent transformations admitted by quasilinear differential equations of second order and a sufficient condition for the linear autonomy of the operators of the Lie group of transformations admitted by weakly nonlinear differential equations of second order. We prove a theorem concerning the structure of conservation laws of first order for weakly nonlinear differential equations of second order. We carry out the classification by first-order conservation laws for linear differential equations of second order with two independent variables.     

Symmetry and transformation properties of iterative ordinary differential equation

Symmetries of linear iterative equations and new conditions on the infinitesimals are obtained. Regarding the expressions of the solutions in terms of the parameters of the source equation, an ansatz is made on the original parameters. We have also obtained an expression for the source parameters of the transformed equation under equivalence transformations. We conducted this work with a special emphasis on second-, third- and fourth-order equations, although some of our results are valid for equations of a general order.     

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.     

带幂非线性项变系数非线性波动方程的李对称分类与等价性变换

从微分方程群理论分析角度,研究了一类含有3个任意函数和2个幂非线性项的变系数非线性波动方程.由于方程具有很强的任意性和非线性项,可通过等价性变换寻找方程的不变对称分类.首先给出了等价性变换的一般结果,其中包括一些包含任意元的非局部变换.然后对所研究的方程,利用广义扩展等价群和条件等价群给出了方程的完全对称分类.最后获得并分析了方程的特殊类相似解.     

Vector hyperbolic equations with higher symmetries

We list eleven vector hyperbolic equations that have third-order symmetries with respect to both characteristics. This list exhausts the equations with at least one symmetry of a divergence form. We integrate four equations in the list explicitly, bring one to a linear form, and bring four more to nonlinear ordinary nonautonomous systems. We find the Bäcklund transformations for six equations.     

Lie symmetries and exact solutions of variable coefficient mKdV equations: An equivalence based approach

Group classification of classes of mKdV-like equations with time-dependent coefficients is carried out. The usage of equivalence transformations appears to be a crucial point for the exhaustive solution of the problem. We prove that all the classes under consideration are normalized. This allows us to formulate the classification results in three ways: up to two kinds of equivalence (which are generated by transformations from the corresponding equivalence groups and all admissible point transformations) and using no equivalence. A simple way for the construction of exact solutions of mKdV-like equations using equivalence transformations is described.     

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.     

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.     

Qualitative difference between solutions of stationary model Boltzmann equations in the linear and nonlinear cases

We consider problems for the nonlinear Boltzmann equation in the framework of two models: a new nonlinear model and the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook model. The corresponding transformations reduce these problems to nonlinear systems of integral equations. In the framework of the new nonlinear model, we prove the existence of a positive bounded solution of the nonlinear system of integral equations and present examples of functions describing the nonlinearity in this model. The obtained form of the Boltzmann equation in the framework of the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook model allows analyzing the problem and indicates a method for solving it. We show that there is a qualitative difference between the solutions in the linear and nonlinear cases: the temperature is a bounded function in the nonlinear case, while it increases linearly at infinity in the linear approximation. We establish that in the framework of the new nonlinear model, equations describing the distributions of temperature, concentration, and mean-mass velocity are mutually consistent, which cannot be asserted in the case of the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook model.     

Integrable Nonautonomous Liénard-Type Equations

We study a family of nonautonomous generalized Liénard-type equations. We consider the equivalence problem via the generalized Sundman transformations between this family of equations and type-I Painlevé–Gambier equations. As a result, we find four criteria of equivalence, which give four integrable families of Liénard-type equations. We demonstrate that these criteria can be used to construct general traveling-wave and stationary solutions of certain classes of diffusion–convection equations. We also illustrate our results with several other examples of integrable nonautonomous Liénard-type equations.     

A note on Chudnovsky?s Fuchsian equations

We show that four exceptional Fuchsian equations, each determined by the four parabolic singularities, known as the Chudnovsky equations, are transformed into each other by algebraic transformations. We describe equivalence of these equations and their counterparts on tori. The latters are the Fuchsian equations on elliptic curves and their equivalence is characterized by transcendental transformations which are represented explicitly in terms of elliptic and theta functions.     

Differential invariants for systems of linear hyperbolic equations

In this paper we consider a general class of systems of two linear hyperbolic equations. Motivated by the existence of the Laplace invariants for the single linear hyperbolic equation, we adopt the problem of finding differential invariants for the system. We derive the equivalence group of transformations for this class of systems. The infinitesimal method, which makes use of the equivalence group, is employed for determining the desired differential invariants. We show that there exist four differential invariants and five semi-invariants of first order. Applications of systems that can be transformed by local mappings to simple forms are provided.     

Contact-equivalence problem for linear hyperbolic equations

We consider the local equivalence problem for the class of linear second-order hyperbolic equations in two independent variables under an action of the pseudo-group of contact transformations. é. Cartan’s method is used for finding the Maurer-Cartan forms for symmetry groups of equations from the class and computing structure equations and complete sets of differential invariants for these groups. The solution of the equivalence problem is formulated in terms of these differential invariants. __________ Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I. G. Petrovskogo, No. 25, pp. 119–142, 2005.     

More common errors in finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations: Part I

In the recent paper by Kudryashov [11] seven common errors in finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations were listed and discussed in detail. We indicate two more common errors concerning the similarity (equivalence with respect to point transformations) and linearizability of differential equations and then discuss the first of them. Classes of generalized KdV and mKdV equations with variable coefficients are used in order to clarify our conclusions. We investigate admissible point transformations in classes of generalized KdV equations, obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions of similarity of such equations to the standard KdV and mKdV equations and carried out the exhaustive group classification of a class of variable-coefficient KdV equations. Then a number of recent papers on such equations are commented using the above results. It is shown that exact solutions were constructed in these papers only for equations which are reduced by point transformations to the standard KdV and mKdV equations. Therefore, exact solutions of such equations can be obtained from known solutions of the standard KdV and mKdV equations in an easier way than by direct solving. The same statement is true for other equations which are equivalent to well-known equations with respect to point transformations.     

On Equivalence of Linear Functional-Differential Equations

For linear functional-differential equations of the first order there are derived canonical forms and an effective criterion of equivalence with respect to the pointwise transformations.     

Admissible Transformations and Normalized Classes of Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations

The theory of group classification of differential equations is analyzed, substantially extended and enhanced based on the new notions of conditional equivalence group and normalized class of differential equations. Effective new techniques are proposed. Using these, we exhaustively describe admissible point transformations in classes of nonlinear (1+1)-dimensional Schrödinger equations, in particular, in the class of nonlinear (1+1)-dimensional Schrödinger equations with modular nonlinearities and potentials and some subclasses thereof. We then carry out a complete group classification in this class, representing it as a union of disjoint normalized subclasses and applying a combination of algebraic and compatibility methods. Moreover, we introduce the complete classification of (1+2)-dimensional cubic Schrödinger equations with potentials. The proposed approach can be applied to studying symmetry properties of a wide range of differential equations.     

Smooth Equivalence and Linearization of Reversible Systems

For reversible systems of ordinary differential equations, we consider the problems of local smooth equivalence and local smooth linearization by transformations preserving the corresponding linear automorphisms of these systems.