Symmetries and Differential Equations /

A major portion of this book discusses work which has appeared since the publication of the book Similarity Methods for Differential Equations, Springer-Verlag, 1974, by the first author and J.D. Cole. The present book also includes a thorough and comprehensive treatment of Lie groups of tranformati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bluman, George W.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kumei, Sukeyuki
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989.
Series:Applied mathematical sciences (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.) ; 154.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Dimensional Analysis, Modelling, and Invariance
  • Lie Groups of Transformations and Infinitesimal Transformations
  • Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Noether's Theorem and Lie-Bäcklund Symmetries
  • Construction of Mappings Relating Differential Equations
  • Potential Symmetries
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.