| Dewey Class |
519 |
| Title |
Symmetry and Integration Methods for Differential Equations ([EBook]) / by George W. Bluman, Stephen C. Anco. |
| Author |
Bluman, George W. , 1943- |
| Added Personal Name |
Anco, Stephen C. |
| Other name(s) |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Publication |
New York, NY : Springer , 2002. |
| Physical Details |
X, 422 pages : online resource. |
| Series |
Applied mathematical sciences 0066-5452 ; ; 154 |
| ISBN |
9780387216492 |
| Summary Note |
This book is a significant update of the first four chapters of Symmetries and Differential Equations (1989; reprinted with corrections, 1996), by George W. Bluman and Sukeyuki Kumei. Since 1989 there have been considerable developments in symmetry methods (group methods) for differential equations as evidenced by the number of research papers, books, and new symbolic manipulation software devoted to the subject. This is, no doubt, due to the inherent applicability of the methods to nonlinear differential equations. Symmetry methods for differential equations, originally developed by Sophus Lie in the latter half of the nineteenth century, are highly algorithmic and hence amenable to symbolic computation. These methods systematically unify and extend well-known ad hoc techniques to construct explicit solutions for differential equations, especially for nonlinear differential equations. Often ingenious tricks for solving particular differential equations arise transparently from the symmetry point of view, and thus it remains somewhat surprising that symmetry methods are not more widely known. Nowadays it is essential to learn the methods presented in this book to understand existing symbolic manipulation software for obtaining analytical results for differential equations. For ordinary differential equations (ODEs), these include reduction of order through group invariance or integrating factors. For partial differential equations (PDEs), these include the construction of special solutions such as similarity solutions or nonclassical solutions, finding conservation laws, equivalence mappings, and linearizations.: |
| Contents note |
Dimensional Analysis, Modeling, and Invariance -- Lie Groups of Transformations and Infinitesimal Transformations -- Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) -- Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). |
| System details note |
Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users) |
| Internet Site |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97380 |
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