Applications of Lie Group to Some Nonlinear Equations

Keeping in view the rich treasure and wide applicability of nonlinear equations in almost every field, we have in this book carried out the application of Lie group analysis for obtaining exact solutions to nonlinear partial differential equations. In particular, this book is devoted to a wide range of applications of continuous symmetry groups to two physically important systems i.e. the (2+1)-dimensional Calogero Degasperis equation with its variable coefficients form and the (2+1)-dimensional potential Kadomstev Petviashvili equation along its generalized form. In recent years, much attention has also been paid to equations with variable coefficients as the physical situations in which nonlinear systems arise tend to be highly idealized due to assumption of constant coefficients. This has led us to undertake the study of equations with variable coefficients and to derive the admissible forms of the coefficients along with their exact solutions. The efforts are thus concentrated on finding the symmetries, reductions and exact solutions of certain nonlinear equations by using various methods.