Communications in Mathematics and Applications
Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 825–833, 2021
ISSN 0975-8607 (online); 0976-5905 (print)
Published by RGN Publications http://www.rgnpublications.com
DOI: 10.26713/cma.v12i4.1516
Research Article
Optimal System and Exact Solutions of
Monge-Ampere Equation
Tooba Feroze
*
1
and Mohsin Umair
2
1
Department of Mathematics, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology,
H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan
2
Roots International Schools and Colleges, Kohistan Campus, Wah Cantt., Pakistan
Received: February 8, 2021 Accepted: May 28, 2021
Abstract. A solution that remains unchanged when transformed under Lie group of point symmetries
of the differential equation is an invariant solution of the differential equation. Optimal system
of Lie group of point symmetry generators provide all possible invariant solutions of differential
equation. Here, using optimal system of Lie point symmetry generators group invariant solutions are
obtained. Using these solutions, exact solutions of non-homogeneous Monge-Ampere equation have
been presented here.
Keywords. Lie symmetries; Adjoint representations; Commutator relation; Conjugacy classes;
Invariant equations
Mathematics Subject Classification (2020). 76M60; 22E70; 35A30; 58J70
Copyright © 2021 Tooba Feroze and Mohsin Umair. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative
Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is properly cited.
1. Introduction
The Monge-Ampere equation
u
xx
u
yy
− u
2
xy
+ f ( x, y) = 0, (1.1)
is a semi-linear non-homogeneous partial differential equation with f ( x, y) as non-homogeneous
part of the equation. The name “Monge-Ampere equation” has been derived from its early
formulation in two different directions. One by the French mathematician, civil engineer
*
Email: tferoze@sns.nust.edu.pk