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Reductions and exact solutions of some nonlinear partial differential equations under four types of generalized conditional symmetries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Changzheng Qu
Changzheng Qu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, P. R. China
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The generalized conditional symmetry method is applied to study the reduction to finite-dimensional dynamical systems and construction of exact solutions for certain types of nonlinear partial differential equations which have many physically significant applications in physics and related sciences. The exact solutions of the resulting equations are derived via the compatibility of the generalized conditional symmetries and the considered equations, which reduces to solving some systems of ordinary differential equations. For some unsolvable systems of ordinary differential equations, the dynamical behavior and qualitative properties are also considered. To illustrate that the approach has wide application, the exact solutions of a number of nonlinear partial differential equations are also given. The method used in this paper also provides a symmetry group interpretation to some known results in the literature which cannot be obtained by the nonclassical symmetry method due to Bluman and Cole.

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The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , July 1999 , pp. 1 - 40
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1999

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