Analysis of the symmetry group and exact solutions of the dispersionless KP equation in $n+1$ dimensions

Abstract

The Lie algebra of the symmetry group of the $(n+1)$-dimensional ge\-ne\-ra\-li\-zation of the dispersionless Kadomtsev--Petviashvili (dKP) equation is obtained and identified as a semi-direct sum of a finite dimensional simple Lie algebra and an infinite dimensional nilpotent subalgebra. Group transformation properties of solutions under the subalgebra $\Sl(2,\mathbb{R})$ are presented. Known explicit analytic solutions in the literature are shown to be actually group-invariant solutions corresponding to certain specific infinitesimal generators of the symmetry group.