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Simultaneous spacetime scaling symmetry of the wave equation
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Partial differential equation
Lie point symmetry
Scaling symmetry of a partial differential equation
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The flow of
V
=
t
∂
t
+
x
∂
x
is
(
t
,
x
,
u
)
↦
(
e
ϵ
t
,
e
ϵ
x
,
u
)
. Its second prolongation scales both
u
tt
and
u
xx
with weight minus two, so it preserves
u
tt
−
u
xx
=
0
.
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