Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 275-292.doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-009-0302-z

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Preliminary group classification of quasilinear third-order evolution equations

Ding-Jiang HUANG   

  1. Department of Mathematics, East China University of Science and Technology,Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
  • Received:2008-06-24 Revised:2008-12-17 Online:2009-03-05 Published:2009-03-01

Abstract: Group classification of quasilinear third-order evolution equations is given by using the classical infinitesimal Lie method, the technique of equivalence transformations, and the theory of classification of abstract low-dimensional Lie algebras. We show that there are three equations admitting simple Lie algebras of dimension three. All non-equivalent equations admitting simple Lie algebras are nothing but these three.
Furthermore, we also show that there exist two, five, twenty-nine and twenty-six nonequivalent third-order nonlinear evolution equations admitting one-, two-, three-, and four-dimensional solvable Lie algebras, respectively.

Key words: quasilinear third-order evolution equations, group classification, classical infinitesimal Lie method, equivalence transformation group, abstract Lie algebras

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