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Remark 2.6 . [022F]

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Remark 2.6.

The ODE enjoys a symmetry: under the substitution

v⁡(t)=tn+2n​v~​(1/t),v(t)=t^{\frac{n+2}{n}}\tilde{v}(1/t),

we have

(n+2)​v​v′′−2​v′2=t4n−2​((n+2)​v~′′​v~−2​v~′2),(n+2)vv^{\prime\prime}-2v^{\prime 2}=t^{\frac{4}{n}-2}((n+2)\tilde{v}^{\prime\prime}\tilde{v}-2\tilde{v}^{\prime 2}),
n+2n​v+(1−t)​v′=t2/n​{n+2n​v~+(1−t−1)​v~′},\frac{n+2}{n}v+(1-t)v^{\prime}=t^{2/n}\{\frac{n+2}{n}\tilde{v}+(1-t^{-1})\tilde{v}^{\prime}\},

so the function v~\tilde{v} is another solution of the same ODE. The geometric origin of this symmetry is that the NA MA equation is symmetric in x1,x2x_{1},x_{2}, up to the minor issue of d1,d2d_{1},d_{2} which disappears after trivial changes of variables.

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