Symmetry considerations for differential equation formulations from classical and fractional Lagrangians

Abstract

The utility of Noether’s classical theorem on differential equations extended to a generalized nonclassical theorem is the focus of this paper. After addressing a couple of standard related Partial Differential Equation (P.D.E.) formulations from classical Lagrangians, it culminates into a non-classical formulation of the diffusion equation in one spatial dimension from a fractional Lagrangian. Comparisons and contrasts between techniques for the classical and fractional formulations, as done here, facilitate the basic computational methods required for building analytical results. A noteworthy interface between Distribution theory, Trace theory and Lie symmetry theory is a key point of interest in this study.