Transformation groups on real plane and their differential invariants (Q2469029)

Realizations of finite-dimensional Lie algebras in terms of vector fields in the real plane are re-visited. Lie classified scalar \(n\)th-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) in the complex. In particular, he obtained the explicit classification for second-order ODEs in the complex domain. \textit{F. M. Mahomed} and \textit{P. G. L. Leach} [J. Math. Phys. 30, No. 12, 2770--2777 (1989; Zbl 0724.34003)] found the explicit classification for such equations in the real domain [see also \textit{N. H. Ibragimov} and \textit{F. M. Mahomed}, in CRC handbook of Lie group analysis of differential equations. Vol. 3: New trends in theoretical development and computational methods, CRC Press, Boca Raton (1996; Zbl 0864.35003), p. 191]. Classification of scalar third-order ODEs in the real domain is given in Ibragimov and Mahomed 1996 as well. In this paper, the author looks at the transformation groups on the real plane again and, inter alia, obtains the basis of invariants (see Table 1.3 of the paper). The reference list is incomplete and omits important works.