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The symmetry group associated to a PDE is a Lie group of local transformations which preserves the solution of this equation. In the paper under consideration the authors apply the theory of symmetry group to the Ţiţeica surfaces PDE, and determine the symmetry group, some group-invariant solutions, a Ţiţeica Lagrangian. Consequently they deduce some conservation laws. Precisely, consider a surface \(\Sigma\) in \(\mathbb{R}^3\) and the ratio \[ I={K\over d^4} \] where \(K\) is the Gauss curvature of \(\Sigma\) and \(d\) is the distance from the origin to the tangent plane at an arbitrary point of \(\Sigma\). One says that \(\Sigma\) is a Ţiţeica surface if \(I\) is constant. The case where \(\Sigma\) is given by a Cartesian equation \[ \Sigma:u=f(x,y) \] is considered. The authors construct the Lie symmetry group of the PDE of \(\Sigma\). The converse is also envisaged: given the Lie group \(G\) of transformations of \(\Sigma\), the most general Monge-Ampère-Ţiţeica PDE i.e. \(K=H(x,y,n, n_x, n_y)\) which admits the maximal solvable Lie subgroup of \(G\) as a group of symmetries is shown to be a PDE of type Ţiţeica. Considering the inverse problem, the authors also costruct an Euler-Lagrange operator of the PDE of Ţiţeica type and deduce the conservation laws of the PDE.