Consider a one-parameter group of transformations acting on R4
(x,y,t,u)⟶(exp(ϵα)x,exp(ϵβ)y,exp(ϵγ)t,exp(ϵδ)u)
where ϵ is a group parameter and (α,β,γ,δ) are constants.
(a) Find a vector field W which generates this group.
(b) Find two independent Lie point symmetries S1 and S2 of the PDE
(ut−uux)x=uyy,u=u(x,y,t),
which are of the form (1).
(c) Find three functionally-independent invariants of S1, and do the same for S2. Find a non-constant function G=G(x,y,t,u) which is invariant under both S1 and S2.
(d) Explain why all the solutions of (2) that are invariant under a two-parameter group of transformations generated by vector fields
W=u∂u∂+x∂x∂+21y∂y∂,V=∂y∂,
are of the form u=xF(t), where F is a function of one variable. Find an ODE for F characterising these group-invariant solutions.