Potential symmetries of the nonlinear wave equation utt = (uux)x and related exact and approximate solutions

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    Abstract

    This paper explores potential symmetries of the nonlinear wave equation utt = (uux)x, as well as related new similarity reductions and exact solutions of this equation. New approximate solutions of the perturbed nonlinear equations stemming from the exact solutions of the equation are obtained by applying a new approach to the use of the Lie group technique for differential equations dependent on a small parameter. In addition, some nonlinear wave equations exactly reducible to the equation utt = (uux)x are constructed using this approach.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5355-5371
    Number of pages17
    JournalJournal of Physics A: Mathematical and General
    Volume34
    Issue number26
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 6 Jul 2001

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
    • Mathematical Physics
    • General Physics and Astronomy

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