Note on Lie Point Symmetries of Burgers Equations

Authors

  • I. L. Freire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2010.011.02.0151

Abstract

Abstract. In this note we study the Lie point symmetries of a class of evolution equations and obtain a group classification of these equations. We also identify the classical Lie algebras that the symmetry Lie algebras are isomorphic to.

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Published

2010-06-01

How to Cite

Freire, I. L. (2010). Note on Lie Point Symmetries of Burgers Equations. Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, 11(2), 151–157. https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2010.011.02.0151

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