Exact solutions of the generalized Lane-Emden equations of the first and second kind

Pramana - Journal of Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 545-554

  Muatjetjeja, Ben ^a   Khalique, Chaudry Masood ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

First integrals; Lane Emden equations of the first and second kinds; Noether point symmetries

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY FUNCTIONS; EXACT SOLUTION; FIRST INTEGRAL; INTEGRABILITY; LANE-EMDEN EQUATION; LANE-EMDEN EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND KINDS; NOETHER SYMMETRY; POINT SYMMETRY;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 80052467614     PISSN: 03044289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12043-011-0174-4     Document Type: Article

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