Symmetry reduction and some exact solutions of nonlinear biwave equations (Q1373522)

The Lie symmetry analysis is performed for the biwave equation \[ \square^2 u= F(u),\tag{1} \] where \(\square\) denotes the d'Alembert operator \(\partial^2/\partial x_0^2 - \partial^2/\partial x_1^2 - \cdots - \partial^2/\partial x_n^2\). From the results: Equation (1) is conformally invariant if and only if \(F(u)= \text{const} \cdot e^u\) for \(n = 3\) or \(F(u)= \text{const}\cdot u^{(n+5)/(n-3)}\) for \(n \neq 3\). For \(n = 1\), large families of exact invariant solutions are computed.