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Discrete derivatives and symmetries of difference equations

D. Levi, J. Negro, M. A. del Olmo

nlin.SIarXiv:nlin/0010044

Abstract

We show on the example of the discrete heat equation that for any given discrete derivative we can construct a nontrivial Leibniz rule suitable to find the symmetries of discrete equations. In this way we obtain a symmetry Lie algebra, defined in terms of shift operators, isomorphic to that of the continuous heat equation.

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