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Conserved Forms of Second Order-Ordinary Differential Equations

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In this paper we prove that λ-symmetries of any second-order ordinary differential equation can be used to construct an integrating factor of the equation, and that the associated conserved form can be derived from the algorithm of reduction associated to the λ-symmetry.

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Muriel, C., Romero, J.L. (2011). Conserved Forms of Second Order-Ordinary Differential Equations. In: Machado, J., Luo, A., Barbosa, R., Silva, M., Figueiredo, L. (eds) Nonlinear Science and Complexity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9884-9_9

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