Question: Error, (in PDEtools:-Infinitesimals) missing dependent variables

Hello,

Real beginner, never used Maplw before. I want to analyse PDE's through Lie symmetry analysis -- get the infiniteeimals and then generate the invariants. I am going through the standard examples on the help within Maple, but I am stuck on a basic issue which prompts me to think that there may be something different in my version of Maple (although I downloaded it from TTU which I presume should be the latest version).

Here's what I get >>>>>

Loading PDEtools

with(PDEtools, InfinitesimalGenerator, declare);
               [InfinitesimalGenerator, declare]

declare(u(x, t));
               u(x, t) will now be displayed as u
U: diff_table(u(x, t)):
PDE := U_x,x - U_t = 0;
                    PDE := U_x,x - U_t = 0
show;
                       U_x,x - U_t = 0
Infinitesimals(PDE)
Error, (in PDEtools:-Infinitesimals) missing dependent variables

>>>>>

 

I have also tried:

Infinitesimals(PDE, u)
Error, (in PDEtools:-Infinitesimals) not a PDE system w.r.t u

and:

Infinitesimals(PDE, U)
Error, (in PDEtools:-Infinitesimals) not a PDE system w.r.t U
 

There are many other issues, but let's deal with this one first.

 

Thanks

Best wishes

Nadeem

 

 

 

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