Conditional Lie-Bäcklund Symmetries and Differential Constraints of Radially Symmetric Nonlinear Convection-Diffusion Equations with Source

Abstract

A conditional Lie-Bäcklund symmetry method and differential constraint method are developed to study the radially symmetric nonlinear convection-diffusion equations with source. The equations and the admitted conditional Lie-Bäcklund symmetries (differential constraints) are identified. As a consequence, symmetry reductions to two-dimensional dynamical systems of the resulting equations are derived due to the compatibility of the original equation and the additional differential constraint corresponding to the invariant surface equation of the admitted conditional Lie-Bäcklund symmetry.

Keywords

• conditional Lie-Bäcklund symmetry
• differential constraint
• nonlinear convection-diffusion equation
• symmetry reduction
• dynamical system