Symmetry and Integration Methods for Differential Equations

Stephen Anco

ISBN 10: 1441931473 / ISBN 13: 9781441931474

Verlag: Springer New York, Springer New York, 2010

Beschreibung

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781441931474

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Symmetry and Integration Methods for Differential Equations
• Verlag: Springer New York, Springer New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1441931473
• ISBN-13: 9781441931474
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 235B x 155 H x 24 T Millimeter Breite: 235 mm, Höhe: 155 mm, Tiefe: 24 mm
• Gewicht: 657 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

This book includes a comprehensive treatment of Lie groups of transformations and thorough discussions of basic symmetry methods for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. It is particulary suitable for physicists, applied mathematicians and engineers. In this second edition, the authors have added sections on contact transformations and Lie-B cklund transformations, and adjoints and integrating factors for ODEs of arbitrary order. References have also been updated.