On 3rd order ordinary differential equations with maximal symmetry group

Computing ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Schwarz

This paper contains an investigation of algebraically special spaces with two commuting Killing vectors. It is shown that the field equations for these spaces can be reduced to two ordinary differential equations, one of which is quasi-linear in one of the variables. The metric is type D iff it possesses a two dimensional, abelian, orthogonally transitive symmetry group. Finally, the type D metrics of Kinnersley are expressed in various coordinates, including those of Plebanski and Demianski.


2010 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. L. Leach ◽  
R. R. Warne ◽  
N. Caister ◽  
V. Naicker ◽  
N. Euler

Using a Lie symmetry group generator and a generalised form of Euler’s formula for solving second order ordinary differential equations, we determine new symmetries for the heat equation, leading to new solutions. As an application, we test a formula resulting from this approach on thin plate heat conduction


Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Mina B. Abd-el-Malek ◽  
Nagwa A. Badran ◽  
Amr M. Amin ◽  
Anood M. Hanafy

The Lie symmetry group transformation method was used to investigate the partial differential equations that model the motion of a natural convective unsteady flow past to a non-isothermal vertical flat surface. The one-parameter Lie group transformation was applied twice consecutively to convert the motion governing equations into a system of ordinary differential equations. The obtained system of ordinary differential equations was solved numerically using the Lobatto IIIA formula (implicit Runge–Kutta method). The effect of the Prandtl number on the temperature and velocity profiles is illustrated graphically.


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