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Group classification of nonlinear wave equations

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We perform complete group classification of the general class of quasi linear wave equations in two variables. This class may be seen as a broad generalization of the nonlinear d'Alembert, Liouville, sin/sinh-Gordon and Tzitzeica equations. In this way we derived a number of new genuinely nonlinear invariant models with high symmetry properties. In particular, we obtain four classes of nonlinear wave equations admitting five-dimensional invariance groups. Applying the symmetry reduction technique we construct multi-parameter families of exact solutions of those wave equations.

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0405069,
  title  = {Group classification of nonlinear wave equations},
  author = {V. I. Lagno and R. Z. Zhdanov and O. Magda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0405069},
  year   = {2007}
}

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56 pages, LaTeX