On symmetry reduction and some classes of invariant solutions of the (1+3)-dimensional homogeneous Monge-Ampère equation

Abstract

We study the relationship between structural properties of the two-dimensional nonconjugate subalgebras of the same rank of the Lie algebra of the Poincaré group P(1,4) and the properties of reduced equations for the (1+3)-dimensional homogeneous Monge-Ampère equation. In this paper, we present some of the results obtained concerning symmetry reduction of the equation under investigation to identities. Some classes of the invariant solutions (with arbitrary smooth functions) are presented.