Symmetries of nonlinear differential equations and linearisation
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 20 (2) , 277-292
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/20/2/014
Abstract
A non-linear ordinary differential equation is linearisable if it possesses SL(3, R) symmetry. The conditions under which the Abelian two-dimensional subalgebras of sl(3, R) are sufficient for linearisation are established.Keywords
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