DEtools[ODEInvariants] - computes relative invariants for linear and nonlinear ODEs of order 3 and higher
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Calling Sequence
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ODEInvariants(ODE, y(x))
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Parameters
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ODE
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ordinary differential equation satisfied by y(x)
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(optional) dependent variable; required when the ODE contains more than one function being differentiated
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Description
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The invariants in the returned list are ordered according to increasing weight, from weight = 3 to weight = m, the order of the equation. For example, for a fourth order ODE, the returned list contains two relative invariants, respectively of weights 3 and 4.
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In the case of linear ODEs, these invariants coincide with the Wilczynski invariants (see reference [3]) although their computation is performed without rewriting the linear equation in Laguerre-Forsyth form. Instead, given a linear ODE of order 3 or higher, in normal form,
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by transforming this equation using
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Note that in the nonlinear case the invariants may dependent on the unknown and its derivatives. However, if the nonlinear equation is linearizable through a point transformation these invariants will depend only on the independent variable - see examples below.
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Examples
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Consider the general form of a third order linear ODE
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For ODEs of third order ODEInvariants returns one invariant
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Let's check that the returned invariants are relative invariants in the case of a fourth order linear ODE
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By definition, these expressions are relative invariants if when we transform in them the coefficients c[j](x) using
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the resulting expressions are of the form , and if next, by replacing F by the identity, we reobtain the departing expressions
So we proceed first transforming these coefficients entering and for that purpose transform ode[4]
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To get the transformed coefficients , first isolate u''''
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Compute now the coefficients of derivatives of in the transformed equation
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Compute now the invariants using these coefficients expressed in terms of the using the formula above
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It is visible that each expression is now of the form , and according to the description, the first relative invariant has weight 3 (in the factor ) and the second one has weight 4. Let's verify that at we reobtain the departing expressions ii, proving in that way that the expressions ii are relative invariants
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Let's now transform the linear equation ode[4] into a nonlinear one by means of a point transformation
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The expressions above depend only on , not on or its derivatives, because this nonlinear ODE above is related - by construction - to a linear ODE (ode[4]) through a point transformation ( used above). Moreover: the invariants are the same as those in ii, of the related linear ode[4]. When the nonlinear ODE cannot be related to a linear ODE through a point transformation, the invariants depend on the dependent variable and perhaps also its derivatives. For example:
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References
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[1] Olver, P.J. Equivalence, Invariants and Symmetry. Cambridge Press, 1995.
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[2] Chalkley, R., Basic Global Relative Invariants for Homogeneous Linear Differential Equations, Amer Mathematical Society (2002).
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[3] Wilczynski, E.J., Projective differential geometry of curves and ruled surfaces, Leipzig, Teubner, 1905.
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