Computation of local symmetries of second-order ordinary differential equations by the Cartan equivalence method (Q1387296)
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Computation of local symmetries of second-order ordinary differential equations by the Cartan equivalence method (English)
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14 August 2000
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Based on the Cartan equivalence method the author presents a new proof of Lie's theorem: The dimension of the point symmetry algebra of an equation \(y''=F(x,y,y')\) either is equal to 8 or does not exceed 3. Then the author concentrates on equations where \(F\) is a cubic polynomial in \(y'\). Exploiting structure invariants which are revealed in the proof, equations having a three-dimensional algebra of point symmetries are characterized.
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group analysis of differential equations
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local symmetries
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Cartan equivalence methods
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