On the Limited Role of Conservation Laws in the Double Reduction Routine for Partial Differential Equations
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https://doi.org/10.29020/nybg.ejpam.v17i4.5318Keywords:
Double reduction, Lie symmetry analysis, Conservation law, Invariant solutionAbstract
The double reduction method for finding invariant solutions of a given partial differential equation (PDE) provides for the reduction of a $ q $-th order PDE that admits a nontrivial Lie symmetry and an associated nontrivial conservation law to an ordinary differential equation (ODE) of order $ q-1. $ In all the articles we have seen where the method has been used, the algorithm has involved writing the conservation law in canonical variables determined by the associated symmetry. In this paper, we illustrate that it is not necessary to use or even have the associated conservation law. It is enough to know that there exists a conservation law associated with a given Lie symmetry. Canonical variables derived from the symmetry are sufficient to achieve double reduction. In the canonical variables, the PDE is transformed after routine calculations into an ODE of order one less than that of the PDE. We have outlined steps involved in this variation of the double reduction method and illustrated the routine using five PDEs.
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