Lie symmetries and exact solutions of nonlinear equations of heat conductivity with convection term (Q4940407)

The paper deals with a nonlinear diffusion equation with a convective term of the following form \[ u_{t}=[A(u)u_{x}]_{x} + B(u)u_{x} + c(u), \tag{1} \] where \( A(u), B(u), C(u) \) are arbitrary smooth functions. By means of local change of variable \( A(u)du \to u \) the authors reduce the equation (1) to the equation \[ u_{xx} = F_{0}(u)u_{t} + F_{1}(u)u_{x} + F_{2}(u), \tag{2} \] and applying symmetry analysis approach they describe the invariance algebras for equation (2). Finally the authors find Lie ansätze and exact solutions to nonlinear diffusion equations of the form \[ u_{t}=uu_{xx} + \lambda_{1} uu_{x} + \lambda_{2} u + {{2}\over{9}} \lambda_{1}^{2} u^{2} \tag{3} \] and non-Lie solutions to equations, a particular case of which coincides with (3).