Orbital reducibility and a generalization of lambda symmetries (Q2844749)

The reduction properties of ordinary differential equations are of paramount importance in deducing first integrals and solution properties. It is known that non-autonomous first order systems or equations of higher order can be rewritten as first order autonomous systems. In this work, the authors investigate the relationship between orbital reducibility and orbital symmetry in order to construct orbital reducible systems. In the first section, the main focus and preliminaries are mentioned. Also it is stated up front that they wish to transfer the approach given in [\textit{P. J. Olver} and \textit{P. Rosenau}, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 47, 263--278 (1987; Zbl 0621.35007)] that deals with partial differential equations to ordinary differential equations which can be reduced via invariants of a given connected group. Then in Section 2, the authors provide a succinct review of known results on reducibility and symmetry. Herein extensions of results are also presented. In particular, they generalize the notion of reduction to orbital reduction for first order systems as well as they give a characterization of orbital reducibility in terms of Lie brackets. Moreover, reduction by group invariants are considered. In Section 3, the authors invoke the results of first order systems to that of higher order. They propose an extension of the works referenced by \textit{C. Muriel} and \textit{J. L. Romero} [IMA J. Appl. Math. 66, No. 2, 111--125 (2001; Zbl 1065.34006);NEWLINE in: Proceedings of the 1st colloquium on Lie theory and applications, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain, July 17--22, 2000. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, Servicio de Publicacións. Colecc. Congr. 35, 143--150 (2002; Zbl 1029.34028);NEWLINE J. Lie Theory 13, No. 1, 167--188 (2003; Zbl 1058.34046); J. Phys. A, Math. Theor. 42, No. 36, Article ID 365207, 17 p. (2009; Zbl 1184.34009)] on lambda symmetries. Many examples are given to illustrate various notions developed.