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Article

Lie Symmetry Analysis of a Nonlinear System Characterizing Endemic Malaria

by
Maba Boniface Matadi
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Zululand, Empangeni 3880, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Current address: Department of Mathematics, University of Zululand, Private Bag X1001, KwaDlangezwa, Empangeni 3886, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Symmetry 2022, 14(11), 2240; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14112240
Submission received: 23 September 2022 / Revised: 17 October 2022 / Accepted: 21 October 2022 / Published: 25 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Functional Equations and Analytic Inequalities III)

Abstract

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In this paper, the integrability of a nonlinear system developing endemic Malaria was demonstrated using Prelle–Singer techniques. In addition, Lie symmetry techniques were employed to identify additional independent variables that led to the modification of the nonlinear model and the development of analytical solutions.

1. Introduction

Malaria is a parasitic disease spread by female Anopheles mosquito bites that is induced by the Plasmodium parasite [1]. It is still one of the most common and deadly human illnesses on the planet. Furthermore, clinical characteristics include the likelihood of infection, severity, and relapse risk. P. falciparum has been identified as the most dangerous of all the species to humans [2]. Malaria-infected areas are home to roughly 40% of the world’s population. However, the majority of cases and deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, 300 to 500 million cases and 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths are estimated to occur over the world. Africa is responsible for 80% of the cases and 90% of the deaths.
In a paper modeling the transmission dynamics of malaria endemic, researchers used rescaling to achieve a cosmetic simplification in order to predict disease propagation [1]. As a result of this scaling, the original five-dimensional system of first-order ordinary differential equations was reduced to the three first-order equations shown below
d s h d t = 1 β s h i h α s h d i h d t = β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h ϵ d i v d t = θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v
where s h , i h , and i v are rescaled variables that indicate the number of susceptible, infected humans, and infected mosquitoes, respectively, at a given point in time. Nondimensional parameters are described as follows
β = β h N v μ h , α = α h μ h , γ = ρ h + γ h μ h , ϵ = α v μ h , δ = μ v μ h , θ = β v N h μ v
with β h , the rate of human contact with mosquitoes; α h , the rate of human natural death per capita; ρ h , the human disease-induced death rate per capita; γ h , the humans’ per capita recovery rate; α v , the natural death rate of mosquitos per capita; β v , the frequency of mosquito contact with humans; μ h , the human population’s per capita birth rate; μ v , the mosquitoes’ per capita birth rate.
Over the last 40 years, a variety of techniques, including numerical and stability techniques, analytical techniques, approximation techniques, and others, have been utilized to explore and solve nonlinear systems of differential equations. Another major technique, Lie Theory of Symmetry Groups, was utilized to analyze nonlinear differential equations near the end of the twentieth century. Marius Sophus Lie, a talented Norwegian mathematician who lived near the end of the nineteenth century, established the Lie’s theory of symmetry groups. Sophus Lie used symmetry groups theory to solve differential equations. He combined all differential equation approaches and deduced that his Lie group theory could account for them all. Lie groups are mathematical objects that represent the properties of groups as defined by group theory. To produce Lie symmetries, the Lie group theory employs appropriate transformations of independent and dependent variables.
The goal of this study, however, is to look at the integrability of a nonlinear system (1). In addition, to employ the modified Prelle–Singer (PS) approach of Chandrasekar et al. [3] to uncover transformations that lead to model linearization. Furthermore, the Lie symmetry technique was used to determine the model’s explicit solutions.
This study is organised as follows. Section 2 introduces a heuristic background of the concepts underlying the Prelle–Singer (PS) procedure and Lie symmetry analysis. In Section 3, we used the PS procedure to solve the determining equations of the nonlinear system. In Section 4, we used a Lie symmetry method on the reduced equations to obtain explicit solutions. Section 5 contains the conclusion.

2. Theorems and Fundamental Concepts

This Section provides a comprehensive review of the Prelle–Singer (PS) procedure and Lie symmetry analysis approaches to solving differential equations. The theory includes the tools that will be used in the following sections of the paper. In [4,5], Matadi provided a fundamental definition and theorems that can be found in the literature (see [6,7]).

2.1. The Prelle–Singer (PS) procedure

In [3], Chandrasekar et al. updated the original Prelle–Singer (PS) technique and used it to solve autonomous and non-autonomous nonlinear systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) in the following way:
Given a three-dimensional system of nonlinear first-order ordinary differential equations [3]
d x 1 d t = M 1 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) N 1 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) d x 2 d t = M 2 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) N 2 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , d x 3 d t = M 3 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) N 3 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) ,
Given x 1 , x 2 , x 3 with M i ’s and N i ’s, i = 1 , 2 , 3 analytic functions. Equation (3) admits a first integral I ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) = K , on the solutions, with K constant, resulting in a total differential of
d I = I t d t + I x 1 d x 1 + I x 2 d x 2 + I x 3 d x 3 = 0
Equation (3) can be written as follows:
M 1 N 1 d t d x 1 = 0 , M 2 N 2 d t d x 2 = 0 , M 3 N 3 d t d x 3 = 0 .
By multiplying the first, second, and third equations in (5) by the functions P, L, and Q we get
d I = ( P ϕ 1 + K ϕ 2 + Q ϕ 3 ) d t P d x 1 L d x 2 Q d x 3 = 0 ,
where ϕ i = M i N i , i = 1 , 2 , 3 . The following equations are obtained by Comparing Equations (6) and (4)
I t = ( P ϕ 1 + L ϕ 2 + Q ϕ 3 ) , I x 1 = P , I x 2 = L I x 3 = Q .
The resulting determining equations for the integrating factors P, L, and Q are derived from the compatibility criteria between Equation (7)
P t + ϕ 1 P x 1 + ϕ 2 P x 2 + ϕ 3 P x 3 = ( P ϕ 1 x 1 + L ϕ 2 x 1 + Q ϕ 3 x 1 ) , L t + ϕ 1 L x 1 + ϕ 2 L x 2 + ϕ 3 L x 3 = ( P ϕ 1 x 2 + L ϕ 2 x 2 + Q ϕ 3 x 2 ) , Q t + ϕ 1 Q x 1 + ϕ 2 Q x 2 + ϕ 3 Q x 3 = ( P ϕ 1 x 3 + L ϕ 2 x 3 + Q ϕ 3 x 3 ) , P x 2 = L x 1 , P x 3 = Q x 1 , L x 3 = Q x 2 .
with the given condition
ϕ 3 x 1 ϕ 2 t + ϕ 2 ϕ 2 x 1 x 2 + ϕ 3 ϕ 2 x 1 x 3 ϕ 2 x 3 ϕ 3 x 1 ϕ 2 x 1 ϕ 2 x 2 ϕ 2 x 1 ϕ 3 t + ϕ 2 ϕ 3 x 1 x 2 + ϕ 3 ϕ 3 x 1 x 3 ϕ 2 x 1 ϕ 3 x 2 ϕ 3 x 1 ϕ 3 x 3 = 0
Integrating Equation (7) produces the given integral of motion
I = r 1 + r 2 + r 3 [ Q + d d x 3 ( r 1 + r 2 + r 3 ) ] d x 3 ,
with
r 1 = ( P ϕ 1 + L ϕ 2 + Q ϕ 3 ) d t r 2 = ( P + d r 1 d x 1 ) d x 1 r 3 = ( L + d ( r 1 + r 2 ) d x 2 ) d x 2

2.2. Lie Symmetry Procedure

In accordance with the theory of Lie symmetry, the given three dimensional system of first-order differential equation [5]
x 1 ˙ = f 1 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , x 2 ˙ = f 2 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , x 3 ˙ = f 3 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) ,
admits the following Lie group of transformations of one-parameter (a) [5]
t ˜ t + a T ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , x 1 ˜ x 1 + a X 1 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , x 2 ˜ x 2 + a X 2 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , x 3 ˜ x 3 + a X 3 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) ,
with infinitesimal Lie operators [5]
G = T t + X 1 x 1 + X 2 x 2 + X 3 x 3 .
The group transformations t ˜ , x 1 ˜ , x 2 ˜ and x 3 ˜ are obtained by solving the following Lie equations [4,5]
d t ˜ d a = T ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , d x 1 ˜ d a = X 1 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , d x 2 ˜ d a = X 2 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) , d x 3 ˜ d a = X 3 ( t , x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) ,
with the initial conditions:
t ˜ a = 0 = t , x 1 ˜ a = 0 = x 1 , x 2 ˜ a = 0 = x 2 , x 3 ˜ a = 0 = x 3 .
The first extension of Lie operators above is defined as follows [5]
G [ 1 ] = G + X 1 [ t ] x ˙ 1 + X 2 [ t ] x ˙ 2 + X 3 [ t ] x ˙ 3 ,
where
X 1 [ t ] = D t ( X 1 ) x ˙ 1 D t ( T ) , X 2 [ t ] = D t ( X 2 ) x ˙ 2 D t ( T ) , X 3 [ t ] = D t ( X 3 ) x ˙ 3 D t ( T ) ,
with D t representing the total differential operator describe as follows
D t = t + x 1 ˙ x 1 + x 2 ˙ x 2 + x 3 ˙ x 3 + x 1 ¨ x 1 ˙ + x 2 ¨ x 2 ˙ + x 3 ¨ x 3 ˙ + . . .
The infinitesimals transformation obtained will be used to solve the following equation [5]
T r t + X 1 r x 1 + X 2 r x 2 + + X 3 r x 3 = 0 , T u t + X 1 u x 1 + X 2 u x 2 + + X 3 u x 3 = 0 , T v t + X 1 v x 1 + X 2 v x 2 + + X 3 v x 3 = 0 , T w t + X 1 w x 1 + X 2 w x 2 + + X 3 w x 3 = 1 .
Equation (14) will provide a set of new independent variable, r, and dependent variables, u, v and w, which can be used to transform the nonlinear system (1) to a linear system. The following section explore the existence of integrals to the nonlinear system (1).

3. Application of (PS) Procedure to Nonlinear System (1)

Considering the three-dimensional Equation (1)
d s h d t = 1 β s h i h α s h = ϕ 1 d i h d t = β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h = ϕ 2 ϵ d i v d t = θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v = ϕ 3
Case 1: I s h = 0 and I t , I i h , I i v 0
The substitution of Equation (15) into (9) gives
α δ β 2 i h 2 = 0 .
From Equation (16) we have, δ = 0 or β = 0 or α = 0 . The determining equation for Q in (9) becomes
Q t α s h Q s h ( α + γ ) i h Q i h + θ ( 1 i v ) i h = θ i h ,
in which we have taken Q s h = 0 (since I s h = 0 ). A simple solution for (17) is Q = i v i h with γ = θ . Using the restriction δ = β = α = 0 and γ = θ , the solution of the determining equation for P , L is given by P = i h , L = 0 . Hence, from Equation (11), we obtain
r 1 = i h t θ ( 1 i v ) i v i h 2 t r 2 = i h s h r 3 = ( i h + θ ( 1 i v ) i v i h 2 ) t
therefore, the integral of motion is given by
I = i h s h 1 2 i v 2 i h
Case 2: I i h = 0 , I t , I s h , I i v 0 and I i v = 0 , I t , I s h , I i h 0
According to [3], the determining equations and conditions is obtained by introducing the following transformation
P = S Q and L = U Q ,
with
U = ϕ 3 s h ϕ 2 s h and S = ( ϕ 3 + ϕ 2 U ) ϕ 1

4. Lie Symmetry Analysis of the System (1)

4.1. Lie Symmetry of one Dimensional Second-Order Differential Equation

From the first equation of the nonlinear system (1), we obtain
i h = s ˙ h β s h + 1 β s h α β ,
differentiating Equation (22) with respect to t, we obtain
i ˙ h = s ¨ h β s h + s ˙ h 2 β s h 2 s ˙ h β s h 2 ,
the substitution of Equation (23) into the second equation of the nonlinear system (1) gives
s ˙ h 2 β s ˙ h s ¨ h s h β s h 2 + β s ˙ h s h 2 + α β s h 3 + ( α + γ ) s h ( α + γ ) s ˙ h s h + α ( α + γ ) s h 2
Lie group analysis to (24) is performed using SYM packages [4–6], yielding the following cases
  • Case 1: β = 0 and α + γ = 0
The determining equations for the classical symmetries of the nonlinear Equation (24) are
ξ s h + s h 2 ξ s h 2 = 0 η t + s h 2 η t 2 = 0 η + s h ( 2 η t ξ t 2 s h 2 ξ t s h ) = 0 η + s h ( η s h 2 ξ s h s h 2 η s h 2 + 2 s h 2 ξ t s h ) = 0
The coefficients of the infinitesimal generator are obtained by solving the overdetermining Equation (25)
ξ ( s h , t ) = c 1 + c 2 t
η ( s h , t ) = c 2 s h ,
as a result, the two-dimensional Lie algebra is given by
G 1 = t
G 2 = t t + s h s h ,
This case reduces Equation (24) to
s ˙ h 2 s ¨ h s h = 0
Equation (38) can be linearized using the transformation
S = 1 s h
Hence, we obtain
d 2 S d t 2 = 0
The solution to Equation is
S ( t ) = c t + d
where c , d are constant of integration. Substituting Equation (33) into transformation (31) results in the number of susceptible humans
s h ( t ) = 1 c t + d
Equation (34) is substituted into Equation (22) to obtain the number of infected persons, i h .
i h = A t + B β ( c t + d )
with A = α c , B = 1 c α d . The substitution of Equations (34) and (35) into the last equation in (1) gives
d i v d t + E t + F K t + L i v = H t + G K t + L
with G = F + L δ , H = E + K δ , E = θ A , F = θ B , L = β d , K = β c Hence, the number of infected mosquitoes is given by
i v = c 1 exp E t K ( F K E L ) ln ( L + K t ) K 2 + 1 K 2 exp F + E t K ( F K E L ) ln ( L + K t ) K 2 × ( L + K t ) ( F K E L ) K 2 L + K t K 2 ( F K E L ) K 2
  • Case 2: β 0 and α + γ 0
The determining equations for the classical symmetries of the nonlinear Equation (24) are given by
ξ s h + s h 2 ξ s h 2 = 0 η s h η s h + 2 ( β s h 1 ) ξ s h s h 2 η s h 2 2 2 ξ t s h = 0 η + 3 s h 2 [ ( β ( α + γ ) s h ) ] ξ s h 2 η t + ξ t β s h ξ t = 0 η ( α + γ ) s h + s h [ β + ( α + γ ) s h ] η s h + η t β s h η t = 0 β s h η t + 2 β s h ξ t 2 ( α + γ ) s h 2 ξ t + s h 2 η t 2 = 0
from the above overdetermining equation yields the coefficients of the infinitesimal generator
ξ ( s h , t ) = exp ( α + γ ) t α + γ c 1 + c 2
η ( s h , t ) = exp ( α + γ ) t c 1 s h ,
As a result, we have the two-dimensional Lie algebra shown below
G 1 = exp ( α + γ ) t + exp ( α + γ ) t s h t
G 2 = s h ,
Solving the nonlinear Equation (24) for case 1, we obtain the number of susceptible humans
s h ( t ) = 1 + A exp ( A t + B ) A ,
with A and B constants of integration. The number of infected humans, i h is calculated by substituting Equation (43) into Equation (22)
i h = A ( A α β ) exp ( A t + B ) + A α β β A exp ( A T + B ) 1
The substitution of (43) and (44) gives the first-order nonlinear first-order ordinary differential equation
ϵ d i v d t + i v F k ( t ) + G D k ( t ) β = L k ( t ) + N D k ( t ) β
with
k ( t ) = exp ( A t + B ) F = L M G = N P L = θ C M = δ D N = θ B P = δ B
The solution to Equation (45) is a hypergeometric function, and the numerical solution can be found in [8].

4.2. Lie Symmetry of Three Dimensional System of First-Order Differential Equation

Equations (12) and (13) are applied to the Non-dimensional model Equation (1), yielding the following:
G ( 1 β s h i h α s h ) = β S I 1 α S , G ( β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h ) = β S I 1 ( α + γ ) I 1 , G ( θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v ) = θ I 1 I 2 δ I 2 .
The extended infinitesimal transformation is obtained by using Equation (13)
β S I 1 α S = S [ t ] + s h S [ s h ] + i h S [ i h ] + i v S [ i v ] s h ( T [ t ] + s h T [ s h ] + i h T [ i h ] + i v T [ i v ] ) , β S I 1 ( α + γ ) I 1 = I 1 [ t ] + s h I 1 [ s h ] + i h I 1 [ i h ] + i v I 1 [ i v ] i h ( T [ t ] + s h T [ s h ] + i h T [ i h ] + i v T [ i v ] ) , θ I 1 I 2 δ I 2 = I 2 [ t ] + u 1 I 2 [ u 1 ] + u 2 I 2 [ i h ] + i v I 2 [ i v ] i v ( T [ t ] + s h T [ s h ] + i h T [ i h ] + i v T [ i v ] ) .
with
s h = d s h d t ; i h = d u 2 d t ; i v = d u 3 d t .
Substituting Equation (1) into (47) yields
β S I 1 α S = S [ τ ] + 1 β s h i h α s h S [ s h ] T [ t ] + β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h S [ i h ] + θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v S [ i v ] 1 β s h i h α s h 2 T [ s h ] 1 β s h i h α s h β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h T [ i h ] 1 β s h i h α s h θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v T [ i v ] , β S I 1 ( α + γ ) I 1 = T 1 [ t ] + 1 β s h i h α s h I 1 [ s h ] + β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h I 1 [ i h ] T [ t ] + θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v I 1 [ i v ] 1 β s h i h α s h β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h T [ s h ] β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h 2 T [ i v ] β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v T [ i v ] , θ I 1 I 2 δ I 2 = U 3 [ t ] + 1 β s h i h α s h I 2 [ s h ] + β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h I 2 [ i h ] + θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v I 2 [ i v ] T [ t ] 1 β s h i h α s h θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v T [ s h ] β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v T [ i h ] + θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v 2 T [ i v ] .
In general, solving nonlinear system (48) is challenging. As a result, it is required to use special solutions [5]. In the case of T = T ( t ) , S = S ( s h ) , I 1 = I 1 ( i h ) , I 2 = I 2 ( i v ) , the non-linear Equations (48) are simplified as
1 β s h i h α s h S [ s h ] T [ t ] = β S I 1 α S ,
β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h I 1 [ i h ] T [ t ] = β S I 1 ( α + γ ) I 1 ,
θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v T 2 [ i v ] T [ t ] = θ I 1 I 2 δ I 2 .
The following second-order partial differential equation is obtained by considering the partial derivative of Equation (51) with regard to τ [5]
T [ t t ] = 0 ,
solving Equation (52), we obtain
T ( t ) = l t + m ,
with l and m being the integration constants. Substituting Equation (52) into (49)–(51) yields
1 β s h i h α s h S [ s h ] l = β S I 1 α S ,
β s h i h ( α + γ ) i h I 1 [ i h ] l = β S I 1 ( α + γ ) I 1 ,
θ ( 1 i v ) i h δ i v I 2 [ i v ] l = θ I 1 I 2 δ I 2 .
After twice partially differentiating Equation (54) with respect to i h , we obtain
I 1 [ i h i h ] = 0 .
Hence,
I 1 ( i h ) = p i h + q .
Substituting Equation (56) into (53), we obtain
1 β s h i h α s h S [ s h ] l = β S ( p i h + q ) α S .
As Equation (57) is dependent on the values of s h and i h , we obtain
s h : ( β i h + α ) S s h = β l i h α l , i h : s h S s h l = S p , : S s h l = β S q α S .
Hence,
S = c 1 exp [ ( β q α ) s h ] + l β q + α .
From (55), we obtain
I h : I 2 i v = l .
Hence,
I 2 = l i v + c 2 .
As a result, the infinitesimal transformations are as follows:
S ( s h ) = c 1 exp [ ( β q α ) s h ] + l β q + α , I 1 ( i h ) = p i h + q , I 2 ( i v ) = l i v + c 2 .
It is worth noting that these infinitesimal transformations are not unique. There is, however, an infinite number of infinitesimal transformations [5]. As a result, Equation (12) becomes
G = l t + m t + ( c 1 exp [ ( β q α ) s h ] + l β q + α ) s h + p i h + q i h + l i v + c 2 i v .
Hence, the following Lie generators are found
G 1 = t t + 1 α s h + i v i v , G 2 = t , G 3 = i h i h , G 4 = 1 ( α β ) s h , G 5 = exp [ α s h ] s h , G 6 = i v .
By setting the constant of integration to l = 1 , m = 1 , p = 1 , q = 1 , c 1 = 1 , c 2 = 1 . Equation (60) becomes
S = 1 α β + exp [ β α ] , I 1 = 1 + i h , I 2 = 1 + i v , T = 1 + t .
Hence, Equation (14) becomes
( 1 + t ) r t + 1 α β + exp [ β α ] r s h + ( 1 + i h ) r i h + ( 1 + i v ) r i v = 0 , ( 1 + t ) s h [ t ] + 1 α β + exp [ β α ] S [ s h ] + ( 1 + i h ) S [ i h ] + ( 1 + i v ) S [ i v ] = 0 , ( 1 + t ) i h [ t ] + 1 α β + exp [ β α ] I 1 [ s h ] + ( 1 + i h ) I 1 [ i h ] + ( 1 + i v ) I 1 [ i v ] = 0 , ( 1 + t ) i v [ t ] + 1 α β + exp [ β α ] I 2 [ s h ] + ( 1 + i h ) I 2 [ i v ] + ( 1 + i v ) I 2 [ i v ] = 1 .
The solution of Equation (61) is given by
r = t g ( s h i h i v ) , s h = ln t + t g ( s h i h i v ) , i h = t g ( s h i h i v ) , i v = t g ( s h i h i v ) .
The special case is given by
r = t ( s h i h i v ) , s h = ln t + t ( s h i h i v ) , i h = t ( s h i h i v ) , i v = t ( s h i h i v ) .

5. Conclusions

Understanding physical models requires the analysis of nonlinear differential equations. According to Ove [9], finding a closed form solution of a nonlinear differential requires a thorough comprehension of the phenomena being described. The Prelle–Singer (PS) and Lie symmetry techniques are utilized in this research to show the linear integrability of a mathematical model of endemic malaria and to identify explicit solutions. The results showed that for parameter values β α + γ and α + γ 0 , the reduced second-order differential equation allows for system linearization and provides the explicit solutions.

Funding

This study was financially supported by the research office of the University of Zululand.

Acknowledgments

The research office at the University of Zululand provided financial support for this study. The author wishes to thank the reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions, which helped to improve the manuscript significantly.

Conflicts of Interest

The author declares no conflict of interest concerning the publication of this paper.

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