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In this investigation, symmetry properties of the nonlinear heat conductivity equations of general form $u_t = [E(x, u)u_x]_x + H(x, u)$ are studied. The point symmetry analysis of these equations is considered as well as an equivalence…
Group classification of a class of nonlinear fin equations is carried out exhaustively. Additional equivalence transformations and conditional equivalence groups are also found. They allow to simplify results of classification and further…
We give a complete point-symmetry classification of all third-order evolution equations of the form $u_t=F(t,x,u,u_x, u_{xx})u_{xxx}+G(t,x,u,u_x, u_{xx})$ which admit semi-simple symmetry algebras and extensions of these semi-simple Lie…
Using advanced classification techniques, we carry out the extended symmetry analysis of the class of generalized Burgers equations of the form $u_t+uu_x+f(t,x)u_{xx}=0$. This enhances all the previous results on symmetries of these…
A complete group classification of a class of variable coefficient (1+1)-dimensional telegraph equations $f(x)u_{tt}=(H(u)u_x)_x+K(u)u_x$, is given, by using a compatibility method and additional equivalence transformations. A number of new…
A new approach to the problem of group classification is applied to the class of first-order non-linear equations of the form $u_a u_a=F(t,u,u_t)$. It allowed complete solution of the group classification problem for a class of equations…
The present paper solves completely the problem of the group classification of nonlinear heat-conductivity equations of the form\ $u_{t}=F(t,x,u,u_{x})u_{xx} + G(t,x,u,u_{x})$. We have proved, in particular, that the above class contains no…
Enhancing and essentially generalizing previous results on a class of (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear wave and elliptic equations, we apply several new techniques to classify admissible point transformations within this class up to the…
The method of preliminary group classification is rigorously defined, enhanced and related to the theory of group classification of differential equations. Typical weaknesses in papers on this method are discussed and strategies to overcome…
Preliminary group classification for a class of generalized inviscid Burger's equations in the general form $u_t+g(x, u)u_x = f(x, u)$ is given and additional equivalence transformations are found. Adduced results complete and essentially…
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…
This paper completes investigation of symmetry properties of nonlinear variable coefficient diffusion-convection equations of the form $f(x)u_t=(g(x)A(u)u_x)_x+h(x)B(u)u_x$. Potential symmetries of equations from the considered class are…
We obtain the classification of integrable equations of the form $u_t=u_{xxx}+f(t,x,u,u_x,u_{xx})$ using the formal symmetry method of Mikhailov et al [A.V.Mikhailov, A.B.Shabat and V.V.Sokolov, in {\it What is Integrability} edited by V.E.…
The Korteweg-de Vries equation u_t+uu_x+u_{xxx}=0 is PT symmetric (invariant under space-time reflection). Therefore, it can be generalized and extended into the complex domain in such a way as to preserve the PT symmetry. The result is the…
The equations of pre-metric electromagnetism are formulated as an exterior differential system on the bundle of exterior differential 2-forms over the spacetime manifold. The general form for the symmetry equations of the system is computed…
A preliminary group classification of the class 2D nonlinear heat equations $u_t=f(x,y,u,u_x,u_y)(u_{xx}+u_{yy})$, where $f$ is arbitrary smooth function of the variables $x,y,u,u_x$ and $u_y$ using Lie method, is given. The paper is one of…
An evolution problem for abstract differential equations is studied. The typical problem is: $$\dot{u}=A(t)u+F(t,u), \quad t\geq 0; \,\, u(0)=u_0;\quad \dot{u}=\frac {du}{dt}\qquad (*)$$ Here $A(t)$ is a linear bounded operator in a Hilbert…
In this manuscript we deal with a class of nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations with the following structure \[ \partial_t u - \div\big(M\nabla u+ E h(u)\big)=0, \] with $M$ a bounded elliptic matrix, $E$ a vector field in a suitable Lebesgue…
A modification of the symmetry approach for the classification of integrable differential-difference equations of the form $$ u_{n,t} = f_n(u_{n-1}, u_n, u_{n+1}), $$ where $n$ is a discrete integer variable, is presented (the well-known…
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…