Lie symmetries and travelling wave solutions of the nonlinear waves in the inhomogeneous Fisher-Kolmogorov equation

Abstract

In this work we consider a Fisher-Kolmogorov equation depending on two exponential functions of the spatial variables. We study this equation from the point of view of symmetry reductions in partial differential equations. Through two-dimensional abelian subalgebras, the equation is reduced to ordinary differential equations. New solutions have been derived and interpreted.

9 pages, 4 figures