The general-order linear ODE symmetry-generator conjecture for the group GcG_c

Consider the general linear ordinary differential equation

y(n)+an1y(n1)+an2y(n2)++a0y=0,y^{(n)} + a^{n-1} y^{(n-1)} + a^{n-2} y^{(n-2)} + \dots + a^0 y=0,

with n3n\geq 3. Let GSG_S be its symmetry group, with infinitesimal generator X={ξ,η,ϕ}X=\{\xi,\eta,\phi\}, where the linearity of the equation gives η=hy+g\eta=hy+g, and let GcG_c denote the group obtained by imposing g=0g=0. Define

X0={ξ,ϕ}g=0.X^0=\{\xi,\phi\}_{\vert_{g=0}}.

General-order linear ODE symmetry-generator conjecture. The vector field X0X^0 is the infinitesimal generator of GcG_c.

The claim extends a result established in the source for orders n=3,4,5n=3,4,5 to the general linear equation of arbitrary order. Its status is not resolved in the supplied context.

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J. C. Ndogmo, “Some comparison results on equivalence groups”, arXiv:1110.6026 (2011).

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