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EUROCAL 1983: Computer Algebra pp 45–54Cite as

Automatically determining symmetries of ordinary differential equations

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A REDUCE program is presented which allows to determine the symmetries of ordinary differential equations by using it interactively on a computer. The program does the "easy part" of the work which essentially means anything but genuinely solving differential equations. This is in general rather time consuming and error prone if it is done by hand. If the system arrives at a deadlock the user is asked to supply some additional information. After it is provided the system continues with the solution procedure by itself.

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  1. FB Physik Universitaet, 6750, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Fritz Schwarz

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J. A. van Hulzen

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Schwarz, F. (1983). Automatically determining symmetries of ordinary differential equations. In: van Hulzen, J.A. (eds) Computer Algebra. EUROCAL 1983. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 162. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-12868-9_90

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