Continuous symmetries of difference equations

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DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/2/R01zbMATH Open1112.37053arXivnlin/0502004OpenAlexW3124571180WikidataQ115213529 ScholiaQ115213529MaRDI QIDQ3373141FDOQ3373141


Authors: Decio Levi, Pavel Winternitz Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 13 March 2006

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Lie group theory was originally created more than 100 years ago as a tool for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. In this article we review the results of a much more recent program: the use of Lie groups to study difference equations. We show that the mismatch between continuous symmetries and discrete equations can be resolved in at least two manners. One is to use generalized symmetries acting on solutions of difference equations, but leaving the lattice invariant. The other is to restrict to point symmetries, but to allow them to also transform the lattice.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0502004




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