Abstract
We consider the problem of the exact linearization of scalar nonlinear ordinary differential equations by contact transformations. This contribution is extending the previous work by Lyakhov, Gerdt, and Michels addressing linearizability by means of point transformations. We have restricted ourselves to quasi-linear equations solved for the highest derivative with a rational dependence on the occurring variables. As in the case of point transformations, our algorithm is based on simple operations on Lie algebras such as computing the derived algebra and the dimension of the symmetry algebra. The linearization test is an efficient algorithmic procedure while finding the linearization transformation requires the computation of at least one solution of the corresponding system of the Bluman-Kumei equation.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Pages | 421-430 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030600259 |
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| State | Published - Oct 2 2020 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-04-14Acknowledgements: This work has been funded by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST baseline funding). The authors are grateful to Peter Olver for helpful discussions and to the anonymous reviewers for comments that led to improvement of the paper.