Paper 3, Section II, E

Integrable Systems
Part II, 2010

Consider a vector field

V=αxx+βtt+γvvV=\alpha x \frac{\partial}{\partial x}+\beta t \frac{\partial}{\partial t}+\gamma v \frac{\partial}{\partial v}

on R3\mathbb{R}^{3}, where α,β\alpha, \beta and γ\gamma are constants. Find the one-parameter group of transformations generated by this vector field.

Find the values of the constants (α,β,γ)(\alpha, \beta, \gamma) such that VV generates a Lie point symmetry of the modified KdV\mathrm{KdV} equation ( KKdV\mathrm{KKdV} )

vt6v2vx+vxxx=0, where v=v(x,t)v_{t}-6 v^{2} v_{x}+v_{x x x}=0, \quad \text { where } \quad v=v(x, t)

Show that the function u=u(x,t)u=u(x, t) given by u=v2+vxu=v^{2}+v_{x} satisfies the KdV equation and find a Lie point symmetry of KdV\mathrm{KdV} corresponding to the Lie point symmetry of mKdV\mathrm{mKdV} which you have determined from VV.