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On approximate Lagrangians and invariants for scaling reductions of a non-linear wave equation with damping

  • Ferhana Ahmad
  • , A. H. Kara*
  • , A. H. Bokhari
  • , F. D. Zaman
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Some results on the symmetry generators of equations with a small parameter and the relationship between symmetries and conservation laws for such equations are used to construct first-integrals from the Lagrangians for similarity reductions of some classes of a non-linear wave equation. The (approximate) symmetry generators, invariants and Lagrangians maintain the perturbation order of the 'small parameter' stipulated in the equation - first-order in this case. These are then used to analytically find symmetry invariant solutions of the wave equation concerned.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16-20
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Mathematics and Computation
Volume206
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2008

Keywords

  • Approximate Noether symmetries
  • First-integrals
  • Invariants
  • Lagrangians

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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