Lie group classification and exact solutions of the generalized Kompaneets equations

We study generalized Kompaneets equations (GKEs) with one functional parameter, and using the Lie-Ovsiannikov algorithm, we carried out the group classification. It is shown that the kernel algebra of the full groups of the GKEs is the one-dimensional Lie algebra. Using the direct method, we fin...

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Main Author: Oleksii Patsiuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Texas State University 2015-04-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Differential Equations
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Online Access:http://ejde.math.txstate.edu/Volumes/2015/112/abstr.html
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Summary:We study generalized Kompaneets equations (GKEs) with one functional parameter, and using the Lie-Ovsiannikov algorithm, we carried out the group classification. It is shown that the kernel algebra of the full groups of the GKEs is the one-dimensional Lie algebra. Using the direct method, we find the equivalence group. We obtain six non-equivalent (up to transformations from the equivalence group) GKEs that allow wider invariance algebras than the kernel one. We find a number of exact solutions of the non-linear GKE which has the maximal symmetry properties.
ISSN:1072-6691