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This is the second part of the series of papers on symmetry properties of a class of variable coefficient (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear diffusion-convection equations of general form $f(x)u_t=(g(x)A(u)u_x)_x+h(x)B(u)u_x$. At first, we review…
The fast diffusion equation $u_t=(u^{-1}u_x)_x$ is investigated from the symmetry point of view in development of the paper by Gandarias [Phys. Lett. A 286 (2001) 153-160]. After studying equivalence of nonclassical symmetries with respect…
In the presented paper known (up to the beginning of 2008) Lie- and non-Lie exact solutions of different $(1+1)$-dimensional diffusion-convection equations of form $f(x)u_t=(g(x)A(u)u_x)_x+h(x)B(u)u_x$ are collected.
Using a new method and additional (conditional and partial) equivalence transformations, we performed group classification in a class of variable coefficient $(1+1)$-dimensional nonlinear diffusion-convection equations of the general form…
We study invariant solutions of a certain class of time-fractional diffusion-wave equations with variable coefficients via Lie symmetry analysis. In physics, the fractional diffusion equation describes transport dynamics that are governed…
The time-fractional convection-diffusion equation is performed by Lie symmetry analysis method which involves the Riemann-Liouville time-fractional derivative of the order $\alpha\in(0,2)$. In eight cases, the symmetries are obtained and…
A complete description of Q-conditional symmetries for two classes of reaction-diffusion-convection equations with power diffusivities is derived. It is shown that all the known results for reaction-diffusion equations with power…
In the first part of this paper math-ph/0612078, a complete description of Q-conditional symmetries for two classes of reaction-diffusion-convection equations with power diffusivities is derived. It was shown that all the known results for…
We give an integral variational characterization for the speed of fronts of the nonlinear diffusion equation $u_t = u_{xx} + f(u)$ with $f(0)=f(1)=0$, and $f>0$ in $(0,1)$, which permits, in principle, the calculation of the exact speed for…
A complete description of $Q$-conditional symmetries of reaction-diffusion-convection equation with arbitrary power nonlinearities is finished. It is shown that the results obtained in the first and second parts of this work (see…
We investigate the nonlinear heat-diffusion equation \( C(u)\,\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} = \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\!\left( K(u)\,\frac{\partial u}{\partial x} \right) \), where \( C(u) \) and \( K(u) \) are coefficients that depend…
We investigate blow-up phenomena for positive solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations including a nonlinear convection term $\partial_t u = \Delta u - g(u) \cdot \nabla u + f(u)$ in a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ under the…
We present a complete description of the similarity solutions $u_{\alpha}(x,t)=t^{-\alpha/2}f(\Vert x \Vert/\sqrt{t};\alpha)$ for the following nonlinear diffusion equation $$ u_{t}+\gamma\vert u_{t} \vert =\Delta u\qquad(-1<\gamma<1) $$…
In this paper we study a convection-reaction-diffusion equation of the form \begin{equation*} u_t=\varepsilon(h(u)u_x)_x-f(u)_x+f'(u), \quad t>0, \end{equation*} with a nonlinear diffusion in a bounded interval of the real line. In…
In this work we would like to point out the possibility of generating a class of exactly solvable convection-diffusion-reaction equation in similarity form with intrinsic supersymmetry, i.e., the solution and the diffusion coefficient of…
We establish symmetrization results for the solutions of the linear fractional diffusion equation $\partial_t u +(-\Delta)^{\sigma/2}u=f$ and itselliptic counterpart $h v +(-\Delta)^{\sigma/2}v=f$, $h>0$, using the concept of comparison of…
A heat equation with non-constant diffusivity depending as a power law on the spatial variable is analysed using Lie's method to identify classical point symmetries. It is shown that the group invariant solutions of a four-dimensional…
A class of variable coefficient (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations of the general form $f(x)u_t=(g(x)u^nu_x)_x+h(x)u^m$ is investigated. Different kinds of equivalence groups are constructed including ones with…
A class of nonlinear reaction-diffusion-convection equations describing various processes in physics, biology, chemistry etc. is under study in the case of time and two space variables. The group of equivalence transformations is…
In this article we study the numerical approximation of a variable coefficient fractional diffusion equation. Using a change of variable, the variable coefficient fractional diffusion equation is transformed into a constant coefficient…