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We obtain new formulas for the exact analytic solutions to the nonautonomous elliptic Liouville equation in the two-dimensional coordinate space with the free function dependent specially on an arbitrary harmonic function. We present new exact solutions to the wave Liouville equation with two arbitrary functions, providing original formulas for the general solution for the classical (autonomous) and wave Liouville equations. Some equivalence transformations are presented for the elliptic Liouville equation depending on conjugate harmonic functions. In particular, we indicate a transformation that reduces the equation under study to an autonomous form.
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Translated from Sibirskiĭ Matematicheskiĭ Zhurnal, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 207–217, January–February, 2008.
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Semenov, È.I. New exact solutions to the nonautonomous Liouville equation. Sib Math J 49, 166–174 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11202-008-0017-9
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