Alternative integration procedure for scale-invariant ordinary differential equations
1979 ◽
Vol 2
(1)
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pp. 143-145
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Keyword(s):
For an ordinary differential equation invariant under a one-parameter group of scale transformationsx→λx,y→λαy,y′→λα−1y′,y″→λα−2y″, etc., it is shown by example that an explicit analytical general solution may be obtainable in parametric form in terms of the scale-invariant variableξ=∫xy−1/αdx. This alternative integration may go through, as it does for the example equationy″=kxy−2y′, in cases for which the customary dependent and independent variables(x−αy)and(ℓnx)do not yield an analytically integrable transformed equation.
1906 ◽
Vol 205
(387-401)
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pp. 1-35
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1982 ◽
Vol 37
(8)
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pp. 830-839
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