Lie group classification and exact solutions of the generalized Kompaneets equations

Abstract

We study generalized Kompaneets equations (GKEs) with one functional parameter, and using the Lie-Ovsiannikov algorithm, we carried out the group classification. It is shown that the kernel algebra of the full groups of the GKEs is the one-dimensional Lie algebra. Using the direct method, we find the equivalence group. We obtain six non-equivalent (up to transformations from the equivalence group) GKEs that allow wider invariance algebras than the kernel one. We find a number of exact solutions of the non-linear GKE which has the maximal symmetry properties.

Keywords

• Generalized Kompaneets equation
• group classification
• exact solution