Invariant Linearization Criteria for Systems of Cubically Semi-Linear Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations

Details Invariant Linearization Criteria for Systems of Cubically Semi-Linear Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations Invariant Linearization Criteria for Systems of Cubically Semi-Linear Second-Order Ordinary Differential Equations

2007-11-08

arxiv.org/abs/0711.1213v1

Mathematics

Classical Analysis and ODEs

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Invariant linearization criteria of square systems of second-order quadratically semi-linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) that can be represented as geodesic equations are extended to square systems of ODEs cubically nonlinear in the first derivatives. It is shown that there are two branches for the linearization problem via point transformations for an arbitrary system of second-order ODEs. One is when the system is at most cubic in the first derivatives. We solve this branch of the linearization problem by point transformations in the case of a square sytem of two second-order ODEs. Necessary and sufficient conditions for linearization by means of point transformations are given in terms of coefficient functions of the system of two second-order ODEs cubically nonlinear in the first derivatives. A consequence of our geometric approach of projection is a re-derivation of Lie's conditions for a single second-order ODE and sheds light on more recent results on them. In particular, we show here how one can construct point transformations for reduction to the simplest linear equation by going to the higher space and just utilising the coefficients of the original ODE. We also obtain invariant criteria for the reduction of a linear square system to the simplest system. Moreover, these results contain the quadratic case as a special case. Examples are given to illustrate our results.

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