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Research paper thumbnail of Group Analysis of Nonlinear Internal Waves in Oceans. I: Self-adjointness, conservation laws, invariant solutions

Cornell University - arXiv, Aug 9, 2011

The paper is devoted to the group analysis of equations of motion of two-dimensional uniformly st... more The paper is devoted to the group analysis of equations of motion of two-dimensional uniformly stratified rotating fluids used as a basic model in geophysical fluid dynamics. It is shown that the nonlinear equations in question have a remarkable property to be self-adjoint. This property is crucial for constructing conservation laws provided in the present paper. Invariant solutions are constructed using certain symmetries. The invariant solutions are used for defining internal wave beams.

Research paper thumbnail of Symmetries of Integro-Differential Equations: A Survey of Methods Illustrated by the Benny Equations

Classical Lie group theory provides a universal tool for calculating symmetry groups for systems ... more Classical Lie group theory provides a universal tool for calculating symmetry groups for systems of differential equations. However Lie's method is not as much effective in the case of integral or integro-differential equations as well as in the case of infinite systems of differential equations. This paper is aimed to survey the modern approaches to symmetries of integrodifferential equations. As an illustration, an infinite symmetry Lie algebra is calculated for a system of integro-differential equations, namely the well-known Benney equations. The crucial idea is to look for symmetry generators in the form of canonical Lie-Bäcklund operators.

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to Group Analysis of Differential Equations

Lecture Notes in Physics, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to Group Analysis and Invariant Solutions of Integro-Differential Equations

Lecture Notes in Physics, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of The Boltzmann Kinetic Equation and Various Models

Lecture Notes in Physics, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Plasma Kinetic Theory: Vlasov–Maxwell and Related Equations

Lecture Notes in Physics, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Functional self-similarity and renormalization group symmetry in mathematical physics

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 1999

The results from developing and applying the notions of functional self-similarity and the Bogoli... more The results from developing and applying the notions of functional self-similarity and the Bogoliubov renormalization group to boundary-value problems in mathematical physics during the last decade are reviewed. The main achievement is the regular algorithm for finding renormalization group-type symmetries using the contemporary theory of Lie groups of transformations.

Research paper thumbnail of The Bogoliubov renormalization group and solution symmetry in mathematical physics

Physics Reports, 2001

Evolution of the concept known in the theoretical physics as the Renormalization Group (RG) is pr... more Evolution of the concept known in the theoretical physics as the Renormalization Group (RG) is presented. The corresponding symmetry, that has been first introduced in QFT in mid-fifties, is a continuous symmetry of a solution with respect to transformation involving parameters (e.g., of boundary condition) specifying some particular solution. After short detour into Wilson's discrete semi-group, we follow the expansion of QFT RG and argue that the underlying transformation, being considered as a reparameterisation one, is closely related to the self-similarity property. It can be treated as its generalization, the Functional Self-similarity (FS). Then, we review the essential progress during the last decade of the FS concept in application to boundary value problem formulated in terms of differential equations. A summary of a regular approach recently devised for discovering the RG = FS symmetries with the help of the modern Lie group analysis and some of its applications are given. As a main physical illustration, we give application of new approach to solution for a problem of self-focusing laser beam in a non-linear medium.

Research paper thumbnail of Renorm-group symmetry for functionals of boundary value problem solutions

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 2006

Recent advances in generalizing the renorm-group algorithm for boundary value problems of mathema... more Recent advances in generalizing the renorm-group algorithm for boundary value problems of mathematical physics and the related concept of the renorm-group symmetry, previously formulated with reference to models based on differential equations, are revisited. The algorithm and symmetry are now formulated for models with nonlocal (integral) equations. Examples illustrate how the updated algorithm applies to models with nonlocal terms appearing as linear functionals of the solution.

Research paper thumbnail of Group Analysis of Nonlinear Internal Waves in Oceans. I: Self-adjointness, conservation laws, invariant solutions

Cornell University - arXiv, Aug 9, 2011

The paper is devoted to the group analysis of equations of motion of two-dimensional uniformly st... more The paper is devoted to the group analysis of equations of motion of two-dimensional uniformly stratified rotating fluids used as a basic model in geophysical fluid dynamics. It is shown that the nonlinear equations in question have a remarkable property to be self-adjoint. This property is crucial for constructing conservation laws provided in the present paper. Invariant solutions are constructed using certain symmetries. The invariant solutions are used for defining internal wave beams.

Research paper thumbnail of Symmetries of Integro-Differential Equations: A Survey of Methods Illustrated by the Benny Equations

Classical Lie group theory provides a universal tool for calculating symmetry groups for systems ... more Classical Lie group theory provides a universal tool for calculating symmetry groups for systems of differential equations. However Lie's method is not as much effective in the case of integral or integro-differential equations as well as in the case of infinite systems of differential equations. This paper is aimed to survey the modern approaches to symmetries of integrodifferential equations. As an illustration, an infinite symmetry Lie algebra is calculated for a system of integro-differential equations, namely the well-known Benney equations. The crucial idea is to look for symmetry generators in the form of canonical Lie-Bäcklund operators.

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to Group Analysis of Differential Equations

Lecture Notes in Physics, 2010

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Research paper thumbnail of Introduction to Group Analysis and Invariant Solutions of Integro-Differential Equations

Lecture Notes in Physics, 2010

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of The Boltzmann Kinetic Equation and Various Models

Lecture Notes in Physics, 2010

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Plasma Kinetic Theory: Vlasov–Maxwell and Related Equations

Lecture Notes in Physics, 2010

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Functional self-similarity and renormalization group symmetry in mathematical physics

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 1999

The results from developing and applying the notions of functional self-similarity and the Bogoli... more The results from developing and applying the notions of functional self-similarity and the Bogoliubov renormalization group to boundary-value problems in mathematical physics during the last decade are reviewed. The main achievement is the regular algorithm for finding renormalization group-type symmetries using the contemporary theory of Lie groups of transformations.

Research paper thumbnail of The Bogoliubov renormalization group and solution symmetry in mathematical physics

Physics Reports, 2001

Evolution of the concept known in the theoretical physics as the Renormalization Group (RG) is pr... more Evolution of the concept known in the theoretical physics as the Renormalization Group (RG) is presented. The corresponding symmetry, that has been first introduced in QFT in mid-fifties, is a continuous symmetry of a solution with respect to transformation involving parameters (e.g., of boundary condition) specifying some particular solution. After short detour into Wilson's discrete semi-group, we follow the expansion of QFT RG and argue that the underlying transformation, being considered as a reparameterisation one, is closely related to the self-similarity property. It can be treated as its generalization, the Functional Self-similarity (FS). Then, we review the essential progress during the last decade of the FS concept in application to boundary value problem formulated in terms of differential equations. A summary of a regular approach recently devised for discovering the RG = FS symmetries with the help of the modern Lie group analysis and some of its applications are given. As a main physical illustration, we give application of new approach to solution for a problem of self-focusing laser beam in a non-linear medium.

Research paper thumbnail of Renorm-group symmetry for functionals of boundary value problem solutions

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 2006

Recent advances in generalizing the renorm-group algorithm for boundary value problems of mathema... more Recent advances in generalizing the renorm-group algorithm for boundary value problems of mathematical physics and the related concept of the renorm-group symmetry, previously formulated with reference to models based on differential equations, are revisited. The algorithm and symmetry are now formulated for models with nonlocal (integral) equations. Examples illustrate how the updated algorithm applies to models with nonlocal terms appearing as linear functionals of the solution.