Symmetries and conservation laws of one Blaszak–Marciniak four-field lattice equation

In this paper, by using the classical Lie symmetry approach, Lie point symmetries and reductions of one Blaszak– Marciniak(BM) four-field lattice equation are obtained. Two kinds of exact solutions of a rational form and an exponential form are given. Moreover, we show that the equation has a sequence of generalized symmetries and conservation laws of polynomial form, which further confirms the integrability of the BM system.     

Form Invariance and Lie Symmetries of the Rotational Relativistic Birkhoff System

For a rotational relativistic Birkhoff system,the relation between the form invariance and the Lie symmetries are given Under infinitesimal transformations of groups.If the infinitesimal transformation generators ξ0 and ξμ satisfy the conditions of the form invariance,and the determining equation of Lie symmetries holds,the form invariance leads to a Lie symmetry of the system.Furthermore,if the infinitesimal transformations generators ξ0 and ξμ satisfy the conditions of the form invariance and the determining equation of Lie symmetry holds,and if there is a gauge function G satisfying the structure equation of Lie symmetry,then the form invariance will lead to the Lie symmetrical conserved quantity of the system.An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Symmetries and Strong Symmetries of the （3＋1）-Dimensional Burgers Equatio

The strong symmetries (recursion operators) and the inverse strong symmetries of a (3 1)-dimensional Burgers equation are given explicitly.Infinitely many symmetries of the considered model are obtained by acting the strong symmetries and the inverse strong symmetries on some seeds.An infinite-dimensional full Lie point symmetry algebra is also given.     

Coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation： Symmetries and Exact Solutions

The symmetries, symmetry reductions, and exact solutions of a coupled nonlinear Schrodinger （CNLS） equation derived from the governing system for atmospheric gravity waves are researched by means of classical Lie group approach in this paper. Calculation shows the CNLS equation is invariant under some Galilean transformations, scaling transformations, phase shifts, and space-time translations. Some ordinary differential equations are derived from the CNLS equation. Several exact solutions including envelope cnoidal waves, solitary waves and trigonometric function solutions for the CNLS equation are also obtained by making use of symmetries.     

Symmetries and Similarity Reductions of a New （2＋1）-Dimensional Shallow Water Wave System

The symmetries of a （2＋1）-dimensional shallow water wave system, which is newly constructed through applying variation principle of analytic mechanics, are researched in this paper. The Lie symmetries and the corresponding reductions are obtained by means of classical Lie group approach. The （1＋1） dimensional displacement shallow water wave equation can be derived from the reductions when special symmetry parameters are chosen.     

New interaction solutions and nonlocal symmetry of an equation combining the modified Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation with its negative-order form

The nonlocal symmetry is derived for an equation combining the modified Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation with its negative-order form from the truncated Painlevéexpansion method. The nonlocal symmetries are localized to the Lie point symmetry by introducing new auxiliary dependent variables. The finite symmetry transformation and the Lie point symmetry for the prolonged system are solved directly. Many new interaction solutions among soliton and other types of interaction solutions for the modified Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation with its negative-order form can be obtained from the consistent condition of the consistent tanh expansion method by selecting the proper arbitrary constants.     

Nonclassical Lie symmetry and conservation laws of the nonlinear time-fractional Korteweg–de Vries equation

In this paper, we use the symmetry of the Lie group analysis as one of the powerful tools that deals with the wide class of fractional order differential equations in the Riemann–Liouville concept. In this study, first, we employ the classical and nonclassical Lie symmetries(LS) to acquire similarity reductions of the nonlinear fractional far field Korteweg–de Vries(KdV)equation, and second, we find the related exact solutions for the derived generators. Finally,according to the LS generators acquired, we construct conservation laws for related classical and nonclassical vector fields of the fractional far field Kd V equation.     

Lie Reduction and Conditional Symmetries of Some Variable Coefficient Nonlinear Wave Equations＊

Lie symmetry reduction of some truly ＂variable coefficient＂ wave equations which are singled out from a class of （1 ＋ 1）-dimensional variable coefficient nonlinear wave equations with respect to one and two-dimensional algebras is carried out. Some classes of exact solutions of the investigated equations are found by means of both the reductions and some modern techniques such as additional equivalent transformations and hidden symmetries and so on. Conditional symmetries are also discussed.     

An extension of the modified Sawada—Kotera equation and conservation laws

Based on the modified Sawada-Kotera equation, we introduce a 3 × 3 matrix spectral problem with two potentials and derive a hierarchy of new nonlinear evolution equations. The second member in the hierarchy is a generalization of the modified Sawada-Kotera equation, by which a Lax pair of the modified Sawada-Kotera equation is obtained. With the help of the Miura transformation, explicit solutions of the Sawada-Kotera equation, the Kaup-Kupershmidt equation, and the modified Sawada-Kotera equation are given. Moreover, infinite sequences of conserved quantities of the first two nonlinear evolution equations in the hierarchy and the modified Sawada-Kotera equation are constructed with the aid of their Lax pairs.     

Exact solutions and residual symmetries of the Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur system

The residual symmetries of the Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur(AKNS)equations are obtained by the truncated Painleve′analysis.The residual symmetries for the AKNS equations are proved to be nonlocal and the nonlocal residual symmetries are extended to the local Lie point symmetries of a prolonged AKNS system.The local Lie point symmetries of the prolonged AKNS equations are composed of the residual symmetries and the standard Lie point symmetries,which suggests that the residual symmetry method is a useful complement to the classical Lie group theory.The calculation on the symmetries shows that the enlarged equations are invariant under the scaling transformations,the space–time translations,and the shift translations.Three types of similarity solutions and the reduction equations are demonstrated.Furthermore,several types of exact solutions for the AKNS equations are obtained with the help of the symmetry method and the Bcklund transformations between the AKNS equations and the Schwarzian AKNS equation.     

New Types of the Lie Symmetries and Conserved Quantities for a Relativistic Hamiltonian System

For a relativistic Hamiltonian system,two new types of the Lie symmetries and conservation laws are given under infinitesimal transformaitons of groups.On the basis of the theory of invariance of the relativistic Hamiltonian equations under infinitesimal transformations and introducing infinitesimal transformations for time t,generalized coordinates qs and generalized monenta ps,we obtain the determinging equations,the structure equations and the conserved quantities of the Lie symmetries.Introducing infinitesimal transformation for generalized coordinates qs and generalized momenta ps,we construct the Lie symmetrical transformations of the system,which only depend on the canonical variables.A set of conserved quantities are directly obtained from the Lie symmetries of the syste.An example is given to illustrante the application of the results.     

Form Invariance and Noether Symmetries of Rotational Relativistic Birkhoff Systems

Under the infinitesimal transformations of groups,a form invariance of rotational relativistic Birkhoff systems is studied and the definition and criteria are given,In view of the invariance of rotational relativistic Pfaff-Birkhoff-D‘ Alembert principle under the infinitesimal transformations of groups,the theory of Noether symmetries of rotational relativistic Birkhoff systems are constructed.The relation between the form invariance and the Noether symmetries is studied ,and the conserved quantities of rotational relativistic Birkhoff systems are obtained.     

The Lie symmetries and Noether conserved quantities of discrete mechanical systems with variable mass

This paper studies the Lie symmetries and Noether conserved quantities of discrete mechanical systems with variable mass. The discrete Euler-Lagrange equation and energy evolution equation are derived by using a total variational principle. The invariance of discrete equations under infinitesimal transformation groups is defined to be Lie symmetry. The condition of obtaining the Noether conserved quantities from the Lie symmetries is also presented. An example is discussed for applications of the results.     

Symmetry Reductions and Group-Invariant Solutions of （2＋1）-Dimensional Caudrey-Dodd-Gibbon-Kotera-Sawada Equation

With the aid of symbolic computation, we present the symmetry transformations of the （2＋ 1）-dimensional Caudrey-Dodd-Gibbon-Kotera-Sawada equation with Lou＇s direct method that is based on Lax pairs. Moreover, with the symmetry transformations we obtain the Lie point symmetries of the CDGKS equation, and reduce the equation with the obtained symmetries. As a result, three independent reductions are presented and some group-invariant solutions of the equation are given.     

Symmetry groups and spiral wave solution of a wave propagation equation

We study a third-order nonlinear evolution equation, which can be transformed to the modified KdV equation, using the Lie symmetry method. The Lie point symmetries and the one-dimensional optimal system of the symmetry algebras are determined. Those symmetries are some types of nonlocal symmetries or hidden symmetries of the modified KdV equation. The group-invariant solutions, particularly the travelling wave and spiral wave solutions, are discussed in detail, and a type of spiral wave solution which is smooth in the origin is obtained.     

EFFECTS OF CONSTRAINTS ON LIE SYMMETRIES AND CONSERVED QUANTITIES OF A BIRKHOFF SYSTEM

After a Birkhoff system is restricted by constraints, the determining equations, the Lie symmetries, the structure equation and the form of conserved quantities corresponding to the Lie symmetries will change. Some Lie symmetries will disappear and under certain conditions some Lie symmetries will still remain present. The condition under which Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of the system will remain is given.     

Study of the Lie symmetries of a relativistic variable mass system

The differential equations of motion of a relativistic variable mass system are given.By using the invariance of the differential equations under the infinitesimal transformations of groups,the determining equations and the restriction equations of the Lie symmetries of a relativistic variable mass system are built,and the structure equation and the conserved quantity of the Lie symmetries are obtained.Then the inverse problem of the Lie symmetries is studied.The corresponding Lie symmetries are found according to a known conserved quantity.An example is given to illustrate the application of the result.     

Lie symmetries and conserved quantities for a two-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration

The Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of a two-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration are considered. Based on the invariance of the two-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration under the infinitesimal transformation with respect to the generalized coordinates and time, the determining equations of Lie symmetries are presented. The Lie groups of transformation and infinitesimal generators of this equation are obtained. The conserved quantities associated with the nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration are derived by integrating the characteristic equations. Also, the solutions of the two-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration can be obtained.     

Lie symmetries and conserved quantities for a two-dimentional nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration

The Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of a two-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration are considered. Based on the invariance of the two-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration under the infinitesimal transformation with respect to the generalized coordinates and time, the determining equations of Lie symmetries are presented. The Lie groups of transformation and infinitesimal generators of this equation are obtained. The conserved quantities associated with the nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration are derived by integrating the characteristic equations. Also, the solutions of the two-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation of concentration can be obtained.     

Lie Symmetries and Conserved Quantities for Super-Long Elastic Slender Rod

DNA is a nucleic acid molecule with double-helical structures that are special symmetrical structures attracting great attention of numerous researchers. The super-long elastic slender rod, an important structural model of DNA and other long-train molecules, is a useful tool in analysing the symmetrical properties and the stabilities of DNA. We study the Lie symmetries of a super-long elastic slender rod by using the methods of infinitesimal transformation. Based on Kirchhoff＇s analogue, generalized Hamilton canonical equations are analysed. The infinitesimal transformations with respect to the radian coordinate, the generalized coordinate, and the quasimomentum of the model are introduced. The Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of the model are presented.