Published April 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Symmetry structure of a wave equation on some classes of Bianchi cosmological models

  • 1. School of Mathematics and Centre for Differential Equations, Continuum Mechanics and Applications, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa)
  • 2. School of Mathematical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (South Africa)
  • 3. Faculty of Engineering Sciences, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Swabi (Pakistan)

Description

Nonlinear wave equations are constructed on certain Bianchi models and a symmetry analysis of these equations are performed to construct some exact solutions. Conservation laws of the respective wave equations are also obtained by the application of Noether's theorem. We show how a knowledge of these contributes to the reduction of the wave equation on this manifold. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Indian Journal of Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
89
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 411-416
ISSN
0974-9845