Group invariant solutions without transversality

DOI10.1007/S002200000215zbMATH Open0961.35007arXivmath-ph/9910015OpenAlexW2951935963MaRDI QIDQ1583876FDOQ1583876

Authors: I. M. Anderson, Mark E. Fels, C. G. Torre 

Publication date: 15 May 2001

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a generalization of Lie's method for finding the group invariant solutions to a system of partial differential equations. Our generalization relaxes the standard transversality assumption and encompasses the common situation where the reduced differential equations for the group invariant solutions involve both fewer dependent and independent variables. The theoretical basis for our method is provided by a general existence theorem for the invariant sections, both local and global, of a bundle on which a finite dimensional Lie group acts. A simple and natural extension of our characterization of invariant sections leads to an intrinsic characterization of the reduced equations for the group invariant solutions for a system of differential equations. The characterization of both the invariant sections and the reduced equations are summarized schematically by the kinematic and dynamic reduction diagrams and are illustrated by a number of examples from fluid mechanics, harmonic maps, and general relativity. This work also provides the theoretical foundations for a further detailed study of the reduced equations for group invariant solutions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9910014

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zbMATH Keywords

reductionLie groupEuler equations for incompressible fluid flowharmonic map equationskinematic and dynamic reduction diagrams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetries, invariants of ordinary differential equations (34C14) Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Invariance and symmetry properties for PDEs on manifolds (58J70)

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