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The goal of the paper is to obtain the group classification of the equation \[ \sum_{i=0}^{n}u^2_{x_i}=F(t,u,u_t) \quad(x_0:=t)\tag{1} \] for a scalar unknown function \(u(t,x_1,\ldots,x_n)\). In this equation, the function \(F:\mathbb R^3 \mapsto \mathbb R\) is regarded as an ``arbitrary element''. First, it is shown that for a non-fixed \(F\) the maximal group of local symmetries of (1) is the Euclidean group with the algebra of infinitesimal generators \(\{\partial_{x_i},x_i\partial_{x_j}-x_j\partial_{x_i}\}_{i,j=0}^n\). Next, the maximal equivalence group for (1) is found. This group consists of such local transformations in the space of variables \(t,x_1,\ldots,x_n,u,F\) that preserve the form of the equation, the transformations of variables \(t,x_1,\ldots,x_n,u\) being independent of \(F\). All possible cases of extensions of the maximal invariance algebra due to special choices of the function \(F\) are analyzed. The corresponding classification is performed modulo equivalence transformations of (1).