Symmetry group methods for fundamental solutions (Q1765193)

The authors use Lie symmetry group methods to find fundamental solutions for a class of partial differential equations of the form \(u_t=xu_{xx}+f(x)u_x\), \(x\geq 0\), i.e. to find the kernel function \(p(t,x,y)\), such that \(u(x,t)=\int_0^\infty\varphi(y)p(t,x,y)\,dy\) is a solution of the relevant Cauchy problem with \(u(x,0)=\varphi(x)\).