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We complete the Lie symmetry classification of scalar nth order, $n \geq 4$, ordinary differential equations by means of the symmetry Lie algebras they admit. It is known that there are three types of such equations depending upon the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-08-23 Said Waqas Shah , F. M. Mahomed , H. Azad

A method is presented for finding the Lie point symmetry transformations acting simultaneously on difference equations and lattices, while leaving the solution set of the corresponding difference scheme invariant. The method is applied to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-07-10 Decio Levi , Sébastien Tremblay , Pavel Winternitz

The Cartan equivalence method is utilized to deduce an invariant characterization of the scalar third-order ordinary differential equation $u'"=f(x,u,u',u")$ which admits the maximal seven-dimensional point symmetry Lie algebra. The method…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-08-01 Ahmad Y. Al-Dweik , M. T. Mustafa , F. M. Mahomed

We analyze the classical equations of motion for a particle moving in the presence of a static magnetic field applied in the $ z $ direction, which varies as $ {1\over{x^2}} $. We find the symmetries through Lie's method of group analysis.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Karmadeva Maharana

We provide a geometric extension of the generalized Noether theorem for scaling symmetries recently presented in \cite{zhang2020generalized}. Our version of the generalized Noether theorem has several positive features: it is constructed in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-09-15 Alessandro Bravetti , Angel Garcia-Chung

We establish a new version of the first Noether Theorem, according to which the (equivalence classes of) first integrals of given Euler-Lagrange equations in one independent variable are in exact one-to-one correspondence with the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Emanuele Fiorani , Andrea Spiro

This paper investigates scaling symmetry in thermodynamics by unifying constrained Hamiltonian dynamics with symplectic and contact geometries. Through the mathematical processes of contactization and symplectization, we demonstrate that…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 M. C. Baldiotti , R. Fresneda

For an autonomous system the symmetries of the Lagrangian are embedded in the symmetries of the differential equation. Recently, it has been found that the modified Emden-type equations follow from non-standard Lagrangian functions which…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2025-03-05 Subhra Mondal , Amitava Choudhuri

We study the underlying nonlinear partial differential equation that governs the behaviour of spherically symmetric charged fluids in general relativity. We investigate the conditions for the equation to admit a first integral or be reduced…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 M. C. Kweyama , K. S. Govinder , S. D. Maharaj

Current spectral simulations of Einstein's equations require writing the equations in first-order form, potentially introducing instabilities and inefficiencies. We present a new penalty method for pseudo-spectral evolutions of second order…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-21 Nicholas W. Taylor , Lawrence E. Kidder , Saul A. Teukolsky

A simple characterization of the action of symmetries on conservation laws of partial differential equations is studied by using the general method of conservation law multipliers. This action is used to define symmetry-invariant and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-04-26 Stephen C. Anco , Abdul H. Kara

Noether's theorem is reviewed with a particular focus on an intermediate step between global and local gauge and coordinate transformations, namely linear transformations. We rederive the well known result that global symmetry leads to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Leclerc

We study a nonlinear system of partial differential equations which describe rotating shallow water with an arbitrary constant polytropic index $\gamma $ for the fluid. In our analysis we apply the theory of symmetries for differential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-23 Andronikos Paliathanasis

We consider a radiating shear-free spherically symmetric metric in higher dimensions. Several new solutions to the Einstein's equations are found systematically using the method of Lie analysis of differential equations. Using the five Lie…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-01-09 A. M. Msomi , K. S Govinder , S. D. Maharaj

We apply the theory of infinitesimal transformations for the study of a family of 1+1 fifth-order partial differential equations which have been proposed before for the description of multiple kink solutions. In this analysis we perform a…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2021-05-17 Andronikos Paliathanasis

Scale invariance has received very little attention in physics. Nevertheless, it provides a natural conceptual foundation for a relational understanding of the universe, where absolute size loses meaning and only dimensionless ratios retain…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Maria I. R. Lourenço , Julian Barbour , Francisco S. N. Lobo

We consider the nonlinear Helmholtz (NLH) equation describing the beam propagation in a planar waveguide with Kerr-like nonlinearity under non-paraxial approximation. By applying the Lie symmetry analysis, we determine the Lie point…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2018-06-27 K. Sakkaravarthi , A. G. Johnpillai , A. Durga Devi , T. Kanna , M. Lakshmanan

Bagderina \cite{Bagderina2013} solved the equivalence problem for a family of scalar second-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs), with cubic nonlinearity in the first-order derivative, via point transformations. However, the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-11-26 Ahmad Y. Al-Dweik

Dynamical scaling arises naturally in various many-body systems far from equilibrium. After a short historical overview, the elements of possible extensions of dynamical scaling to a local scale-invariance will be introduced.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-10 Malte Henkel

We consider the application of the theory of symmetries of coupled ordinary differential equations to the case of reparametrisation invariant Lagrangians quadratic in the velocities; such Lagrangians encompass all minisuperspace models. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-03-05 T. Christodoulakis , N. Dimakis , Petros A. Terzis