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Lie symmetries and similarity solutions for a family of 1+1 fifth-order partial differential equations

arXiv:2105.06661 · doi:10.2989/16073606.2021.1928323

Abstract

We apply the theory of infinitesimal transformations for the study of a family of 1+1 fifth-order partial differential equations which have been proposed before for the description of multiple kink solutions. In this analysis we perform a complete classification of the Lie symmetries and of the one-dimensional optimal system. The results are applied for the derivation of similarity solutions and in particular we find travel-wave and scaling solutions. We show that the kink-solution of these equations can be recovered by the use of the Lie symmetries, while new solutions are also derived.

17 pages, 1 figure, 9 tables; to appear in Quaestiones Mathematicae

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