Approximate Symmetries and Approximate Solutions of Some Perturbed ODE Models

Abstract

We find Baikov-Gazizov-Ibragimov approximate point symmetries of the second-order Boussinesq ODE, and we find the higher-order approximate symmetries corresponding to the unstable point symmetries (the point symmetries that disappear fron the classification of the BGI approximate point symmetries) of the unperturbed equation. Approximate local symmetries are used to construct a general approximate solution of the Boussinesq ODE. We use approximate integrating factors to find a general approximate solution of the Benjamin-Bona-Mahony ODE reduction.