Abstract
The symmetry operators of aq-difference analog of the heat equation in one space dimension are determined. They are seen to generate aq-deformation of the semidirect product of sl(2, ℝ) with the three-dimensional Weyl algebra. It is shown that this algebraic structure is preserved if differentq-analogs of the heat equation are considered. The separation of variables associated to the dilatation symmetry is performed and solutions involving discreteq-Hermite polynomials are obtained.
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Floreanini, R., Vinet, L. Symmetries of theq-difference heat equation. Lett Math Phys 32, 37–44 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00761122
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00761122
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