Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations with a Large Lie Symmetry Group

Abstract

The group method of solving ODEs without any quadrature goes back to Lie. In order to apply it, the number of symmetries admitted by a given ODE has to be greater by one than the number of arbitraryconstants in the general solution of the equation. In this paper, we use thetechnique of canonical Lie–Backlund symmetries that makes theproof of the statement concerning integrals of ODEs more evident. The methodis extended to the solution of system of ODEs with a small parameter of arbitrary order.