Symmetry multi-reduction method for partial differential equations with conservation laws

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DOI10.1016/J.CNSNS.2020.105349zbMATH Open1453.35009arXiv1910.10839OpenAlexW3034915735WikidataQ115358592 ScholiaQ115358592MaRDI QIDQ2213853FDOQ2213853


Authors: Stephen C. Anco, M. L. Gandarias Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 3 December 2020

Published in: Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For partial differential equations (PDEs) that have ngeq2 independent variables and a symmetry algebra of dimension at least n1, an explicit algorithmic method is presented for finding all symmetry-invariant conservation laws that will reduce to first integrals for the ordinary differential equation (ODE) describing symmetry-invariant solutions of the PDE. This significantly generalizes the double reduction method known in the literature. Moreover, the condition of symmetry-invariance of a conservation law is formulated in an improved way by using multipliers, thereby allowing symmetry-invariant conservation laws to be obtained directly, without the need to first find conservation laws and then check their invariance. This cuts down considerably the number and complexity of computational steps involved in the reduction method. If the space of symmetry-invariant conservation laws has dimension mgeq1, then the method yields m first integrals along with a check of which ones are non-trivial via their multipliers. Several examples of interesting symmetry reductions are considered: travelling waves and similarity solutions in 1+1 dimensions; line travelling waves, line similarity solutions, and similarity travelling waves in 2+1 dimensions; rotationally symmetric similarity solutions in n+1 dimensions. In addition, examples of nonlinear PDEs for which the method yields the explicit general solution for symmetry-invariant solutions are shown.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.10839




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