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Given a non linear differential equation, we have know the symmetry of its solution. How can we finally get the exact solution? Any methods or reference?

(I am a physics students; recently I met with something relevant to non linear differential equation.)
 
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How, or if, one can solve a non-linear differential equation strongly depends upon the exact form of the equation. "Almost all" non-linear equations cannot be solved in terms of elementary functions.
 
yicong2011 said:
Given a non linear differential equation, we have know the symmetry of its solution. How can we finally get the exact solution? Any methods or reference?QUOTE]
The theory of Lie groups can be employed to solve an equation using the symmetry.
 
You might sketch/plot the direction fields of the equation.