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Conservation laws and potential symmetries of systems of diffusion equations

N M Ivanova1 and C Sophocleous2

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We classify local first-order conservation laws for a class of systems of nonlinear diffusion equations. The derived conservation laws are used to construct the set of inequivalent potential systems for the class under consideration. Four potential systems are investigated from the Lie point of view and new potential symmetries are obtained. An example of the reduction of a system of diffusion equations with respect to a potential symmetry generator is given. A nonlinear system that has applications in plasma physics is linearized using infinite-dimensional potential symmetries.


PACS

05.60.-k Transport processes

52.25.Fi Transport properties

02.30.Jr Partial differential equations

MSC

35L60 Nonlinear first-order PDE of hyperbolic type

35L65 Conservation laws

82D10 Plasmas

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Plasma physics

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Dates

Issue 23 (13 June 2008)

Received 29 November 2007, in final form 24 March 2008

Published 15 May 2008



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