Conditional Lie Bäcklund Symmetries and Sign-Invariants to Quasi-Linear Diffusion Equations

Consider the 1+1-dimensional quasi-linear diffusion equations with convection and source term u _t =[ u ^m ( u _x ) ⁿ ] _x + P ( u ) u _x + Q ( u ) , where P and Q are both smooth functions. We obtain conditions under which the equations admit the Lie Bäcklund conditional symmetry with characteristic η= u _xx + H ( u ) u ² _x + G ( u )( u _x )^{2− n} + F ( u ) u ^{1− n} _x and the Hamilton–Jacobi sign-invariant J = u _t + A ( u ) u ^{n +1} _x + B ( u ) u _x + C ( u ) which preserves both signs, ≥0 and ≤0, on the solution manifold. As a result, the corresponding solutions associated with the symmetries are obtained explicitly, or they are reduced to solve two-dimensional dynamical systems.