Global actions of Lie symmetries for the nonlinear heat equation (Q837113)
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Global actions of Lie symmetries for the nonlinear heat equation (English)
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10 September 2009
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Standard Lie symmetry theory of differential equations is mainly concerned with local Lie groups (or often even only with infinitesimal symmetries). Following an approach developed by \textit{M. Craddock} [J. Differ. Equations 116, No. 1, 202--247 (1995; Zbl 0845.35020), ibid. 166, No. 1, 107--131 (2000; Zbl 0962.35010)], the author shows how one can obtain for the nonlinear heat equation \(u_t=(k(u)u_x)_x\) a global action of the symmetry group by restricting to a class of smooth functions naturally arising via representation theory. Modulo equivalence transformations, one must consider four different cases of the function \(k(u)\). It turns out that in three of them a linear action arises; only for \(k(u)=e^u\) a nonlinear action is obtained.
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local Lie groups
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infinitesimal symmetries
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