TITLE:
Group-Invariant Solutions for the Generalised Fisher Type Equation
AUTHORS:
Kirsten Louw, Raseelo J. Moitsheki
KEYWORDS:
Symmetry Methods, Modified Hopf-Cole Transformation, Fisher Type Equation, Exact Solutions
JOURNAL NAME:
Natural Science,
Vol.7 No.13,
December
30,
2015
ABSTRACT: In this paper, we construct the group-invariant (exact) solutions for the generalised Fisher type equation using both classical Lie point and the nonclassical symmetry techniques. The generalised Fisher type equation arises in theory of population dynamics. The diffusion term and coefficient of the source term are given as the power law functions of the spatial variable. We introduce the modified Hopf-Cole transformation to simplify a nonlinear second Order Ordinary Equation (ODE) into a solvable linear third order ODE.